Re: re;instument lights

[Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

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For your interior lights, there should be an 18-gauge yellow wire running
from the "D" connector to each side of the dash.  On the driver's side,
probably under the kickpanel, there will a 2-wire connector.  The wire from
the headlight switch is attached to another 18-gauge yellow wire which runs
to the switch on the door post.  On the passenger side the 18-gauge yellow
wire runs to the switch on the door post .

Getting back to the connector in the kickpanel, the other wire in the
connector is an 18-gauge pink wire that runs to another connector under the
dash.  This connector has another 18-gauge pink wire that runs to the brake
light switch.  From the connector, an 18-gauge pink wire runs to the
fusebox.

As for your instrument lights, at first I thought it might be a broken wire
somewhere between the fuse box and the junction to the instrument lights.
But, in a previous post you stated, "When I ran a jumper from another fuse
that has juice to the fuse terminal for the instrument cluster, the lights
in the cluster lit up like a Christmas tree."  This being the case, and that
fact the fuse is good, correct?, the problem lies with the fuse holders.
There is one at each end and they are removable, with a little tweaking.

I know that sounds dumb, but if you can jump power to the wire to the
instrument lights and the lights work fine, and there is power from the
headlight switch to the fuse box, the only possibilities are the fuse or the
fuse holders.

For the dome light, does it come on when both doors are opened, or just the
driver's door?  I am betting just the driver's door in which case the
problem lies either in the connection to the headlamp switch or the wire
from the switch to the connector in the kickpanel.

Bill
Vancouver, BC



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: re;instument lights


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Thanks for the tips so far everyone.

I tried one of the 2 spare headlight light switches I have. Using this
one switch I can get power to the fuse for the instrument cluster when
the parking or headlights are engaged. But the instrument cluster bulbs
still won't light up.  That's plain weird to me. (Each of the other two
headlight  switches do not make the fuse for the instrument cluster
energized when the parking or headlights are engaged.)

FWIW, I noticed that on all 3 light switches I have that turning the
knob to complete the circuit does not make the interior lights work. The
interior lights work when you open the door.

Guess I'll just have to drive the '62 only during daylight. ;-)

Thanks,
Gary H.

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