xj942drmaine

help i have a 94 xj2dr and the lights that back light the cluster dont work fuse is good. i tore the dash apart and the light bulbs are all good but still no lights could it be my dimer switch? does any one know how to test it? or what wire color feads those lights and ill just toggle switch them. thanx for any help

DFlintstone

All I can say is to check your tail lights, I think they are on the same circuit. One drowsy morning I wondered why my dash lights didn't work. About 15 hrs later I had a bunch of red and blue lights flashing in my rear view mirror!

xj942drmaine

they work fine

DFlintstone

My switch on my 90 is a bit funky. I guess it's the contact in the potentiometer. (theirs a word!, (rheostat's for AC)). Anyway sometimes I've got to really jiggle and crank it to get them to come on.

I suppose with a meter or test light you could trace the positive wire from a bulb to the switch. Pulling it is a *****. I believe there is a button, maybe on top of it, that releases the **** and it's shaft to pull the shaft out. The job is a bit harder if you don't know about that button!

Howler_GT

Have you checked the bulbs themselves?

Very common problem.
Besides the bulbs are alot cheaper than a switch.

Lizzard2112

I have a problem with mine kicking off sometimes, and usually just have to touch the **** and ahhhhhh I have dash lights again........It's a Jeep thing lol