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Old 04-21-2011, 09:35 PM
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Well Im a newbie to Jeeps , My father moved across the state and gave me an old 1987 jeep cherokee ,wekk i'm fixing it up and so farr i've done alot of Electrical stuff and i cant seem to get this one right.

So here's the deal .. I just installed a New Stereo (more modern ) Got wiring Digram from the internet . COnnected everything correctly ... but one night went to drive and started up and my Dash lights were gone ,,,Theirs a wire Orange/Black thats controls the lights i connect it to constant 12V Dash Lights WALLAAA...but their constantly on and I cant Dim them with headlight switch(which it could before) ...and now i can Dim my Running lights.....I Cant seem to fix this problem...any ideas?
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it might be your dimming switch
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Disconnect the dimmer circuit from the radio.
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where on the net did you find the wiring diagrams for the stereo?
mine was stolen and the dam dirty thief cut the friggin wires
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