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- Jan 11, 2009
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- Kelowna, BC
- Vehicle Year
- 1986
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey all, welcome to my first post (of many, I'm sure)!
I bought myself an 86 Ranger 4X4 a couple of weeks ago, knowing it was going to need a little TLC. One of the first problems I've had with it is losing the lights in the instrument cluster. The lights on the speedo haven't worked since I bought it (I think) and the other instrument lights have come off and on, and how long they stay on depends on how high I have the dimmer switch turned up. Recently, I lost all the other lights to the instruments. The high beam light still works and the lighting for the heat panel and transmission still work.
I'm trying to remove the instrument panel to check wires, but I'm having a hard time getting the speedo cable off, and I don't want to just start pulling on things without knowing how it's supposed to come off. I do have a Clymer manual coming, but if someone could give me info on how to finish pulling the instrument cluster out, and an idea what else to check for (besides bulbs), I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
I bought myself an 86 Ranger 4X4 a couple of weeks ago, knowing it was going to need a little TLC. One of the first problems I've had with it is losing the lights in the instrument cluster. The lights on the speedo haven't worked since I bought it (I think) and the other instrument lights have come off and on, and how long they stay on depends on how high I have the dimmer switch turned up. Recently, I lost all the other lights to the instruments. The high beam light still works and the lighting for the heat panel and transmission still work.
I'm trying to remove the instrument panel to check wires, but I'm having a hard time getting the speedo cable off, and I don't want to just start pulling on things without knowing how it's supposed to come off. I do have a Clymer manual coming, but if someone could give me info on how to finish pulling the instrument cluster out, and an idea what else to check for (besides bulbs), I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
