dash lights

[Tim Klein <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm... I don't know how it is on the '68 Imperial, but even when my 
'67's dash dimmer switch was working, it had no effect on any lights 
other than the dash lights themselves.  Anyway, one day my dash 
lights suddenly stopped working, and my mechanic found that he could 
make them work again by bypassing that thumb-wheel switch altogether. 
Now my dash lights come on (full strength) when I turn the headlights 
on, and I can't dim them -- but then I've never wanted to dim my dash 
lights anyway.  Does anyone ever actually do that? :-)

Tim Klein
'67 Crown 4DHT
Plano, Texas

>Mike, have you consider shorting the rheostat out?  I have not studied the
>wiring diagram, but I would think that its possible to short the rheostat,
>which means that you will basically bypass it.  The bad news is that the
>dash lights will be at their highest at all times.  Also, you may not be
>able to turn on the interior lights from the driver seats unless you open
>the door (rheostat seems to also control interior lights ).
>D^2, 2x68
>
>At 07:34 PM 3/31/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hello all, and hope you had a happy Easter. The dash lights on both of my
>>67 Imperials  don't work . I suspect the rheostat switch is the
>>culprit.  I have been watching ebay for an nos one, well when one came up
>>a while back the bidding went too high for me, (I think it went over $100)
>>Has anyone tried to repair one of these?, Does anyone know of a rebuilding
>>service for these ? I am trying to get the convert in shape for some
>>traveling this summer. thanks in advance, Mike Becker




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