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1989 Toy Pickup 22RE

I recently swapped out my engine and instrument cluster (standard to 1990 SR5 cluster). I just noticed that the dash lights that illuminate the environmental controls do not work. It is just one light bulb that reflects through plastic. AC, instument cluster, etc lights and everything else works.

It can't be a fuse or lots of things would be out. It should not be the bulb because it went out when I replaced the instrument cluster. My thought is that this little light gets power through the instrument cluster and this cluster does not provide it because it is designed for a different year.

TIA AG2

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ag2
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I don't know if this will help, but once I had a '73 Ranchero and I swapped out the cluster (w/ idiot lights) with a '74 cluster that had guages and a tach. I had to re-wire EVERY wire. It was so different I couldn't believe it.

Do like I did and get the wiring diagram for each year and check it wire by wire.

It took me a whole day to do this, even the wire colors were different.

It was well worth the time and trouble, everything worked when I was done.

DJ

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nospam

I think there is only one bulb to illuminate the environmental controls. Maybe the vibration of changing the dash made it fail? Otherwise just coincidence.

Reply to
ed_herman

You are correct. There is only one bulb to illuminate the environmental controls. It's going to bug the heck out of me until I get it fixed.

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ag2

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