'97 Ranger - incessant beeping and instrument lights staying on.

[Captain Ledd]

I took my instrument cluster out and replaced all the bulbs with LED's (several were burned out). So far except for a few work great. Those that don't work, most of them I have never seen them on even before I changed them. the truck has 192,000 on it and we've owned it since it was about 9,000 miles old. I've had it all out before and this didn't happen (it's the dashboard removal post in the submit tech forum)

and since it might be important... The lights that won't come on are the 4x4 stuff (it's a 2wd truck), the overdrive light, fuel reset light, but these aren't what the post is about.

My battery light, parking brake light, and ABS light all stay on, and there's a loud beeping, not like the door chime, coming from the passenger side. I've never heard it make that beep before AND IT WONT STOP.

Anyone have any idea on what I can check or try? it's dark and getting late now, I'm going to flip through the owners manual tomorrow.

 

[Captain Ledd]

Figured it out. apparently since I purposely left the Airbag light out, it couldn't tell me there was some kind of issue with it by blinking, so it started flipping out in other ways.

I'm sticking one of the original bulbs back in with a coat of high-temperature paint to kill the light. I'm sick of it flashing at me all the time so thats why I left it out. I don't really care what it's issue is.