Originally Posted by xxxsmacker
Ok. let me explain. Instrument lights didn't work. Checked the fuse. it was blown. put in a new fuse, turned the lights on it blew. The next thing I did was start looking at wires. I tore apart part of dash so I could see things better. I visually inspected all the wires that go to that part of the fuse box, the dimmer, and the back of the instrument cluster and nothing was melted together, none of the wire's insulation was cracked of chafed or however the hell you spell that, and nothing was touching anything metal to where it would short to ground. I then unhooked the tachometer that was wired in to the back of the dimmer thinking that might have have something to do with it. NOTE... The tach was in the car when I bought it 4 years ago. I then put a 10 amp fuse in it because thats what I had and it blew too. I guess the point I'm trying to make is everything was fine with the lights until my wife left her lights on and cooked the battery. Now the instrument lights short out for some odd reason. Why would draining a battery cause this problem to come about. Visually I can't find anything wrong with the wiring. No I did not use a volt meter to check the wiring and no I don't have a diagram. I was hoping some people who read this forum could help me out within the next few hours, and I was hoping someone knew a website or someplace on the net where I could find a wiring diagram so I didn't have to buy manual. I'm sorry if I didn't explain enough
check the online resources stick at the top of the forum, I believe they have an online chiltons as one of the links in PDF format that will have a wiring diagram for the instrument cluster. The battery fully draining may or may not have anything to do with the cluster short. It could be an unfortunate coincidence, maybe not. I would trace the wires once you get the diagram from connector to connector in sections with a volt meter and look for voltage drop. If you come across an area then you can replace that section of wire.