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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Car: 87' GTA
Engine: 350 L98 TPI
Transmission: 700-R4
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9-Bolt
Is this causing my problem?

Ok, after having my battery recharged at Autozone, they put it back in there and now my lights down by the shifter that say "P,R,N,D,2,1" , they dont light up anymore.

I have a digital dash, and by the screen that shows my milage and whatnot, there are 5 or so buttons next to it, they say, "Reset, Avg, Km/Mph," and so forth, they dont light up anymore either.

ALL of these lights worked before the battery was charged and put back in, ive already replaced the ACC, GUAGE, CLUSTER fuse, but I need to know something,

On the fuse box, you have all your different colored fuses, then you have 2 or 3 big grey things on there too, can they be the source of my problem? If so how much is a replacement?
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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those gray things are circuit breakers for the power windows. They should have nothing to do with it.
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 04:52 AM
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Car: 1981 Camaro; 1986 Z28
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Transmission: 6 speed; 6 speed
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the shifter bulb could be just a coincidence. The gauge lights might be another problem all together. A buddy of mine has the cyberdine digital gauges in his car and the odometer just flat quit working a few years ago. A couple of the other gauges are starting to give false readings too. He sent it back to cyberdine and the "fixed" it so it would do the same thing when he installed again. Kind of funny.
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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From: Glasgow, KY
Car: 87' GTA
Engine: 350 L98 TPI
Transmission: 700-R4
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9-Bolt
My digital dash is stock with the car, not some aftermarket set of guages
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Car: 1981 Camaro; 1986 Z28
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Ahhhh. Sorry. I am at a loss then.
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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 12:19 PM
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Ok, I believe your problem is that either after having your battery recharged then some lights are not working or is it that your battery is draining from something being on. I guess I am wondering why first you needed your battery recharged, for example just hadn't started the car in a while and the battery went down, not enough water in the battery to hold a charge after the winter months dried it up, so on and so fourth. It could very well just be a coincidence. I would just replace the bulb for your shifter light, they go out from time to time and the switches that don't light up do they have a bulb inside of the switch or is there a bulb that is external to them that lights up around them. Either replace the bulb, or check your connections to the switches because if they are not lighting up, then they may not be working and it could be a connector that is loose or the switch is bad. I may just be leading you into circles, but just try to debug your problems down to the basic thing and work your way up from there.
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