1985 t-bird digital dash January 13, 2010, 12:37:52 PM SPEEDO POD AND LEFT SIDE GUAGE POD NOT LIGHTING UP - CAN SEE GUAGES AND SPEEDO WORKING IF LOOKING HARD ENOUGH - RIGHT SIDE WORKING FINE...HAVE CHECKED FUSES- DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE IGNITION SWITCH???OR DO I NEED TO PULL THE PODSAND CHECK SOCKETS FOR BULBS???CAR WAS SETTING FOR 2 YEARSWAS WORKING WHEN I PICKED UP CAR...SEEMS STRANGE BOTH WOULD GO OUT THAT SOON IF IT WERE SOCKETS OR BULBS...ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED(car has only 70,000 miles):hick: Quote Selected
1985 t-bird digital dash Reply #1 – January 13, 2010, 03:16:17 PM caps lock on.................. Quote Selected
1985 t-bird digital dash Reply #2 – January 13, 2010, 10:31:19 PM Quote from: tire baron;306180SPEEDO POD AND LEFT SIDE GUAGE POD NOT LIGHTING UP - CAN SEE GUAGES AND SPEEDO WORKING IF LOOKING HARD ENOUGH - RIGHT SIDE WORKING FINE...HAVE CHECKED FUSES- DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE IGNITION SWITCH???OR DO I NEED TO PULL THE PODSAND CHECK SOCKETS FOR BULBS???CAR WAS SETTING FOR 2 YEARSWAS WORKING WHEN I PICKED UP CAR...SEEMS STRANGE BOTH WOULD GO OUT THAT SOON IF IT WERE SOCKETS OR BULBS...ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED(car has only 70,000 miles):hick:It's likely bulb sockets that have a bad contact when installed against the printed ribbon circuit. Check for blown bulbs first. If the bulbs are good, se the copper contacts on the ribbon circuit clean and shiney like a new penny, Also be sure to clean the contacts on the bulb sockets and bend them out slightly so they will have better tension against the ribbon circuit when resintalled into the back of the cluster.Since the lights are only partially out on the dash, it could not be the main circuit supply to the cluster since they all run off the same circuit. Inspect the ribbon circuit all the way around on the back of the cluster just to make sure there is no break or seperation in the copper runs. Also check to be sure the ribbon circuit has not delaminated in places which can cause paralell copper runs to become loose and touch each other. Quote Selected
1985 t-bird digital dash Reply #3 – January 22, 2010, 08:09:37 PM im going to through this out their what about the dimer switch Quote Selected
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