Goes like this, I was installing a cd player in my 1991 firebird and I got a spark from the wires, then my dash lights would not come on. I checked all the fuse's but they are all ok. Please help, I need to see my dash!

Thanks for the help..

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check the fueses again , because u provably mixed up some wires when u were wiring the cd , i've done the same thing 3 times , untill i got a scematic diagram of the wiring, and intalled it correctly, but if the fuses ar all ok, then im not sure what u did there, maybe some1 else could help?
i hope u solve this problem soon
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One of the wires going to the stock radio is the wire from the dimmer so the illuminated radio controls can adjust to the rest of the dash lights. Just a guess but maybe one of the power (+) wires touched that dimmer wire and damaged the dimmer control, and thus making the dash lights not work. Just my 2 cents.

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My friend had that before.. I'll ask him what he had to do..

[This message has been edited by FAST85Z28 (edited November 16, 2001).]

 

My friend was installing a custom stereo, I was with him, in his Durango. He had to keep wiring the different wires together to get it right. Make sure if its hooked up right, that when you shut off the car/stereo it dings (or this case buzzes). You either a. blew fuse, b. attached wrong wires together, or c. never attached the dash lights wire.

 

not hooking up an illumination wire to a deck will not cause the dash lights not to work. All that wire does is dim the display on the radion when the pk. lights or headlights are turned on. How did you make your connections? did you use a harness or did you cut off the plug?

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There is a small part near the radio pod, it looks like a heat sink with a chip on it, I think there are 3 or 4 wires on it. I took that out when I installed my Alpine deck since I thought it was part of the factory radio, removing it made my dash lights not work, this is the dimmer module I believe. Make sure it's connected, if it is, try and install another one but undo what you did with your radio install first and see if your dash lights come back on.

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Thanks guys, it was a fuse under the hood. A main fuse of sorts. It's all better now!