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ask52 · 04-05-2008, 04:55 PM

all the rest of the lights on the car work, 1st click on the switch and the marker lights come on, but there's no gauge lights. bought a new dimmer switch, also I have the dash off and have traced wires all day and still nothing. any ideas? the gauges work fine warning lights come on and go off once running. just the illumination doesn't work.

Blurryeyes · 04-05-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ask52

all the rest of the lights on the car work, 1st click on the switch and the marker lights come on, but there's no gauge lights. bought a new dimmer switch, also I have the dash off and have traced wires all day and still nothing. any ideas? the gauges work fine warning lights come on and go off once running. just the illumination doesn't work.

Do you have a digital speedo?

ask52 · 04-05-2008, 05:22 PM

nope its just a hatch back. has a jdm cluster, but I tried the stock cluster and dosen't work with either.

SexPanda · 04-06-2008, 08:28 PM

i have the same problem, but since im a tru G (by that i mean i just dont care) i havent fixed that in a year. For a cheap ass ghetto trick fix, take off the plastic face plate and trace all the numbers and needles in luminescent paint.

lol. shit'll work i bet.

YoungGun · 04-07-2008, 07:11 PM

Supposedly it's your tcu (timing control unit) I have the same problem and i've ordered one from someone, i'll let you know if it works when it gets here.

YoungGun · 04-09-2008, 02:28 PM

My suggestion worked for me, I recommend it, its the first time i've seen the dash lights since I bought the car.

k's_silvia2.0 · 04-09-2008, 02:28 PM

What about your fuses?

DreamN · 04-09-2008, 02:31 PM

^ ditto, have you checked your fuses?

ask52 · 04-09-2008, 08:31 PM

Yep went over them all, But i just direct wired a ground and a power to a switch for the lights at the moment, getto but it works haha

killacam28790 · 04-21-2009, 09:20 AM

what is the part number for the timing control unit? someone took it of the car before i bought it.

Fasterback · 04-23-2009, 02:51 PM

i had the same problem with my 240... my lights went out. i had to take the frond side panel off which is located in the driver side where your fuses go and remove the small white box thats screwed to the side in front of the fuse box. open it ( its a circuit bored covered with a plastic box) and weld the circuit bored where it had burned. it happens when you put a cd player and are doing the wiring. allot of time the two wires that aren't supposed to touch flipping touch and burn the circuit. i just welded it like 6 months go and its been working just fin... my seat belt motor... thats a different story

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04-05-2008, 04:55 PM	#1
ask52 Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North west Posts: 64 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no clutser lights?? all the rest of the lights on the car work, 1st click on the switch and the marker lights come on, but there's no gauge lights. bought a new dimmer switch, also I have the dash off and have traced wires all day and still nothing. any ideas? the gauges work fine warning lights come on and go off once running. just the illumination doesn't work.

04-06-2008, 08:28 PM	#4
SexPanda Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Where ever there is free beer Posts: 3,239 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i have the same problem, but since im a tru G (by that i mean i just dont care) i havent fixed that in a year. For a cheap ass ghetto trick fix, take off the plastic face plate and trace all the numbers and needles in luminescent paint. lol. shit'll work i bet. __________________ BRAND NEW GReddy PRofec E-01 EBC for sale, Cheap!

04-09-2008, 02:28 PM	#7
k's_silvia2.0 Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 909/951 Age: 35 Posts: 5,111 Trader Rating: (17) Feedback Score: 17 reviews	What about your fuses? __________________

04-09-2008, 02:31 PM	#8
DreamN Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal - 818 Age: 36 Posts: 10,691 Trader Rating: (54) Rides Gallery: DreamN Feedback Score: 54 reviews	^ ditto, have you checked your fuses? __________________ - Jimmy Wanted: TBD For Sale: TBD

04-09-2008, 08:31 PM	#9
ask52 Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North west Posts: 64 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yep went over them all, But i just direct wired a ground and a power to a switch for the lights at the moment, getto but it works haha Last edited by ask52; 04-09-2008 at 10:13 PM..

04-05-2008, 05:22 PM	#3
ask52 Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: North west Posts: 64 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nope its just a hatch back. has a jdm cluster, but I tried the stock cluster and dosen't work with either.

04-07-2008, 07:11 PM	#5
YoungGun Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 818-951 SoCal Posts: 3,961 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Supposedly it's your tcu (timing control unit) I have the same problem and i've ordered one from someone, i'll let you know if it works when it gets here.

04-21-2009, 09:20 AM	#10
killacam28790 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Asheville, NC Age: 38 Posts: 1 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what is the part number for the timing control unit? someone took it of the car before i bought it.

04-23-2009, 02:51 PM	#11
Fasterback Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: In The Back Seat Of My Car Rewiring My Amp Cuz I Most Certainly Must Have Knock The Ground Loose. Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i had the same problem with my 240... my lights went out. i had to take the frond side panel off which is located in the driver side where your fuses go and remove the small white box thats screwed to the side in front of the fuse box. open it ( its a circuit bored covered with a plastic box) and weld the circuit bored where it had burned. it happens when you put a cd player and are doing the wiring. allot of time the two wires that aren't supposed to touch flipping touch and burn the circuit. i just welded it like 6 months go and its been working just fin... my seat belt motor... thats a different story ...

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