Dash lights, where to start?

[fairwynds]

Trying to help a fellow 80-90er... No dash lights on his 89 T25 RHD van. Can anyone advise me (us) where to even start looking? Is there a fuse for the whole shebang? Only thing that lights up when light switch is operated is the rear window demist switch. I was hoping it would be just the rheostat (correct term?) wheel on the lights on/off switch, but juggling that makes no difference. Bit of an electrical dunce I'm afraid!

[ghost123uk]

This might help =



Basically you are just going have to get your meter out and start basic fault finding. Is voltage reaching the PCB (connector 1 on that diagram)? Is connector 3 showing good continuity to earth (ie less than a couple of Ohms)? These are the first things to check, if any fault found there, work back (and shout out again if necessary).

[fairwynds]

...ps have read the wiki (excellent articles that confused the fleck out of me ) but am hoping that there's a simple solution first?

[fairwynds]

This might help =



Basically you are just going to get your meter out and start basic fault finding. Is voltage reaching the PCB (connector 1 on that diagram. Is connector 3 showing good continuity to earth (ie less than a couple of Ohms). These are the first things to check, if any fault found there, work back (and shout out again if necessary).

Thanks, I posted above before I read your reply...