Mocha
11-14-2015, 11:08 AM
***SOLVED***
EDIT 1/9/2016: Ok so basically the dash lights had a reverse mentality possibly due to a wiring problem more than likely in the fender harness, but I didn't really feel like removing my fender or further looking for this wire or cluster issue so I created a harness with less than $30 from misc parts on eBay. I ordered 25+25ft of red+black wire 18gauge, and T10 194, T5 74 wedges with external wires. I soldered and carefully created a harness only for the illumination of the dash+clock(T5 74). The circuit is parallel in case any LED goes out the rest will stay lit, should make life easier down the road. Anyways here's the parts to look out for if you want to force your cluster illumination into working without having to search for the wire issue. This is not a very hard thing to make just very time consuming but worth it in the end if all you want is a functioning illumination for your cluster. I used the CIG LIGHTER fuse for the 12v power, and grounded the parallel circuit to the bolt where the TCU is mounted. It's important to liberally use electrical tape so there is no exposed wire, and to carefully feed the wires through the opening behind the cluster cut/crimp/solder/heatshrink the ends appropriately as this if not done exactly right is a fire hazard. So if you're not totally confident in electric do not attempt.
http://i.imgur.com/jeLfCi8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AcnHgW8.jpg
***COVER ALL BARE WIRES AND SOLDERS WITH HEATSHRINK/ELECTRICAL TAPE 2x LAYERS IS BEST WRAPPED AROUND THE ENTIRE WIRE***
http://i.imgur.com/90f40Vk.jpg
EDIT 1/9/2016: Ok so basically the dash lights had a reverse mentality possibly due to a wiring problem more than likely in the fender harness, but I didn't really feel like removing my fender or further looking for this wire or cluster issue so I created a harness with less than $30 from misc parts on eBay. I ordered 25+25ft of red+black wire 18gauge, and T10 194, T5 74 wedges with external wires. I soldered and carefully created a harness only for the illumination of the dash+clock(T5 74). The circuit is parallel in case any LED goes out the rest will stay lit, should make life easier down the road. Anyways here's the parts to look out for if you want to force your cluster illumination into working without having to search for the wire issue. This is not a very hard thing to make just very time consuming but worth it in the end if all you want is a functioning illumination for your cluster. I used the CIG LIGHTER fuse for the 12v power, and grounded the parallel circuit to the bolt where the TCU is mounted. It's important to liberally use electrical tape so there is no exposed wire, and to carefully feed the wires through the opening behind the cluster cut/crimp/solder/heatshrink the ends appropriately as this if not done exactly right is a fire hazard. So if you're not totally confident in electric do not attempt.
http://i.imgur.com/jeLfCi8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AcnHgW8.jpg
***COVER ALL BARE WIRES AND SOLDERS WITH HEATSHRINK/ELECTRICAL TAPE 2x LAYERS IS BEST WRAPPED AROUND THE ENTIRE WIRE***
http://i.imgur.com/90f40Vk.jpg