OEM radio had been screwed up by the previous owner, finally got it wired back up correctly. Dash lights still come on when key is turned on. Guy at advanced auto said it could be a short in the instrument cluster. I attempted to remove it yesterday and couldn't. Got to the point where I was to reach up in the dash and unhook some kind of clip. I'm guessing the speedometer, but either my hands are too big or I wasn't going up in the right place...anyhows...unless there was something obvious I could see on the cluster I wouldn't know what I was looking at anyways.
I guess there is a question in the above, but I have another question....My RPM gauge isn't working right...as soon as I start the engine...it goes to around 3200, and as I'm driving it's around 4K....anyway to check RPM gauge without removing cluster? or bypass the RPM gauge and install another one somewhere else? or...just not worry about it? Obviously it's not running at those numbers...but it just aggrivates me that something isn't working correctly.
And....could all this be related? Dash lights coming on, RPM not working right? The other gauges appear to be working. I might add that until I got to messing around in the fuse panel, the dome light, and the light on the rear exterior of the cab stayed on all the time. The previous owner had removed the fuse...I didn't do anything in the fuse panel except pull out fuses to check and re-insert.
And...the parking lights used to come on when I turned the key on, but after messing in the fuse panel they quit coming on when I started engine. Like I said...I didn't do anything in the fuse panel except remove and re-insert fuses..so that issue may return at some point.
I bought a tester to check wiring, but after getting it, I can't figure out how to use it. I know...forest gump syndrome...but hell, even he had a shrimp boat...I don't!
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