88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #15 – April 12, 2013, 06:49:26 PM The part is probably obsolete, so you won't find it at Autozone. I forget where I got the one for my old Sport. Here's a pic of where it's at. This image is of the left hand side of the dash and would be looking at the dash from the firewall side, with the steering column coming down through the center (you can see the column support bracket in this pic). Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #16 – April 12, 2013, 06:50:29 PM The section of the ignition switch that feeds the "green wire" to the Alt. Reg, also feeds fuses 5, 9 and 17.Fuse 17 powers the electronic cluster.With the "green wire" jumpered to 12 volts, it backfeeds through the Alt. warning light, all the stuff the ignition switch should feed but at a reduced voltage.Don't know what relay you replaced.The ignition switch on the steering column with a lot of wires to it, not the tumbler you put the key. Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #17 – April 12, 2013, 06:55:21 PM And as Foe said, replace the ignition switch (and the connector). This is why you have to turn the key just right to get other things to work (turn signals, HVAC, etc). Until you do this, disconnect the battery. I have gone on about this before, and it may sound like I'm being alarmist, but your car is a ticking time bomb. Your car could catch fire at any moment, whether you're in it or not. It doesn't matter what position the key is in, or even if it's in the car - it could go up in smoke at ANY MOMENT!!! Disconnect the battery. Now. Do not reconnect it, and do not drive the car, until you get that switch replaced! I go on like this because I had one catch fire on me. While driving... Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #18 – April 12, 2013, 07:28:02 PM okay! I got the ignition switch. and the panel relay is the one i replaced. it is called the ignition relay btw...okay i assume the ignition switch is where the key is right? otherwise where is it? Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #19 – April 12, 2013, 08:50:44 PM Just down the column from there. With the huge wires. Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #20 – April 12, 2013, 08:51:42 PM You'll very soon see why so many of us are always talking about "slaving" circuits. Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #21 – April 12, 2013, 10:29:02 PM Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;413151You'll very soon see why so many of us are always talking about "slaving" circuits. wait what?I got it put on but the dash is still pretty hard to see. I will try it now that it is dark... I bet I have someblownbulbs... Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #22 – April 13, 2013, 04:41:33 AM Also make sure both plugs are attached securely to the dash. Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #23 – April 13, 2013, 09:45:22 AM Quote from: Kitz Kat;413173Also make sure both plugs are attached securely to the dash. They are...what are you talkinga bout slaving? Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #24 – April 13, 2013, 10:30:51 AM Nothing that has any bearing on your current situation. But because you want to know, it's the act of using relays to route current around the ignition switch, and by so doing, actively prevent component overheating. But THAT will be a project for another time, you have to get things working before you start thinking about slaving the ignition switch. Speaking of the switch, you replaced it, but what did the connector look like? Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #25 – April 14, 2013, 09:43:00 AM I am thinking of using LEDs in the dash to make it very bright, because when I flip the headlight switch on, the stereo and blower control and everything but the gauge panel light up at night.. so i have no night time gauges right now... Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #26 – April 14, 2013, 10:17:03 AM try moving the rheostat wheel next to your headlight switch back & forth a few times. That sometimes gets bad contacts and causes no backlighting when the headlights are turned on. Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #27 – April 14, 2013, 10:22:04 AM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;413265try moving the rheostat wheel next to your headlight switch back & forth a few times. That sometimes gets bad contacts and causes no backlighting when the headlights are turned on. just in the dash though? i mean all the other lights work... Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #28 – April 14, 2013, 10:57:19 AM Well, thunder chicken, he's got you there.I still think we'd like to see a pic of the ignition switch connector. Quote Selected
88 XR7 no dash at all help!?!?! Reply #29 – April 14, 2013, 11:06:47 AM Quote from: TheFoeYouKnow;413268Well, thunder chicken, he's got you there.I still think we'd like to see a pic of the ignition switch connector. ill grab it when im off work in 2 hrs :) Quote Selected
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