hello, i am new to the forum, and i see you guys know your stuff. i need to know how i can fix my high beam switch because that doesn't work, my left turn signal doesn't blink, only stays on, and my rpm gauge doesn't work. any help would be great thanks

 

welcome aboard...

post ur question again on the electrons message board... probably see better results

 

High Beams - under steering column, just above brake pedal there is a hi beam switch, under the hush panel. two small screws hold it on. Moving the hi beam lever, you'll see a metal rod moving in/out of this switch - set tilt wheel to normal driving postion, and lossen the two screws, and move the switch up the column just a tad, and test ... until you get it where it works again. The switch over time slips down the column, and the rod cannot actuate the switch anymore.

Turn signal - you have a bulb blown somewhere on the side that doesn't blink. Remember, the side markers blink as well. If a bulb blows out, they will not blink - even if the 4 way flashers work.

Sorry - I'm no help on the tach.

 

Well I have new bulbs in, they just stay on. I haven't checke the column yet but I will try it tomorrow. Rpm gauge, lol, imma just buy one cuz it seems complicated

 

Sometimes a bad flasher can cause one light to stay on while the other will still blink. The flasher is located in the fuse panel, big round thing.

 

Well I just looked were the fuses are underneath the dash and I don't see a round thing. Is it posiible it might be somethin else or am I looking in the wrong place

 

Hmmm... Well it's been a while since I've had to replace one but according to chilton's manual..."The turn signal flasher is located inside the convenience center. In order to gain access to the turn signal flasher, it may be necessary to first remove the under dash padding." Usually up under the dash on the drivers side. The "under dash padding" is a plastic panel that usually needs to be removed to get to it. Some call it a kick panel because it's right above your feet when you drive.

 

Sometimes it's just hanging from some wires under there. It's a bright shiny little tin can looking thing about an inch around. There are two of them I believe. One for turn signals and one for flashers

 

I replaced the fuse and the turn signals work.
The high beam swith, I can't access the screw, too many wires in the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

If you loosen the bolts holding it up, you can drop the column and now sitting in the drivers seat you can look down the top of it while you reach down under to get to them

 

I will try that. Will it mess up the column with steerring or anything once it drops?

 

No, it will only go down a few inches before the steering wheel hits the seat anyway, but let it down slow in case somebody wrapped something up in there that will get pulled on. When you are sitting in the seat just rest it on your knees.

 

I tried earlier today to get it fixed but i couldn't reach the second screw> imma have my alarm system taken off to see if i can access that later< but i know how to fix it now.
but so far all i need to fix electrical is the rear hatch with guides, dome light, high beams, and tach. i am gunna mess with the tach tomorow. maybe its a loose wire in there cuz i touched a wire and it almost started working

 

with your tach issue, did you look at the tach wire under the side of the distributor cap? or try to follow it back to the dash? the only reason i could think that it wouldnt work is that the signal wire is broken or disconnected. hope this helps

 

Do a search on the tach. I can't remember exactly but there is a relay or something like that on the circut board for the tach that burns out and causes the tach to not work or act funny. there are threads on here on how to fix it.