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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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as i was trying to reach the back of my gauge cluster i broke something of. i think its a light bulb because my lights do turn on any more. where can i buy a replacement?
...look at this picture.

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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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Use your eyeballs for what God intended you to use them. What bulb is broken off? Find it, take it out and go to Autozone or Pepboys or whomever and get a new bulb and put it in the hole where the one you broke off used to be. Simple.
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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Yeah they should have one close enough.

I though this was going to be about the glove box emblem

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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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Your pic shows a high beam indicator light socket circled in red. Check out if the wires broke off or you just pulled out the bulb and it broke off. I don't know if just breaking one bulb is going to prevent the whole cluster from lighting up...maybe a short occurred...
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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Your pic shows a high beam indicator light socket circled in red. Check out if the wires broke off or you just pulled out the bulb and it broke off. I don't know if just breaking one bulb is going to prevent the whole cluster from lighting up...maybe a short occurred...
Good eyes Danny. The bulbs are not wired so that if one goes out, then they all do. There has to be a relay that has gone bad. Trace the wiring back to the the fuse box and find that relay.
Old Feb 25, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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Your pic shows a high beam indicator light socket circled in red. Check out if the wires broke off or you just pulled out the bulb and it broke off. I don't know if just breaking one bulb is going to prevent the whole cluster from lighting up...maybe a short occurred...
the wires are still connecter to the socket. it just the bulb the broke. turn signal, amp, oil lights still work. the only thing not working is the bulb which lights up the gauges.
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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ok..you saying something that doesn't register. The high beam indicator lamp (which you broke) circled in red is on a separate circuit from the rest of the instrument panel. It's wired into the headlights & switch.

That bulb is separate of the dash lights. What do you mean "the only thing not working is the bule which lights up the 'gauges'?"Are you saying that when you turn your headlights on, the dash lights don't illuminate?
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