Hi Tim and All, The 68 and the 67 are the same in this aspect.... The only problem you run into bypassing the wheel/rheostat is that you lose your interior lights as well, as that's the on off switch for them.... The wheel is easy fixed with some electronic cleaner and by rolling the switch back 150 times... This cleans, gunk, corrosion and what not off the contacts and makes it work again.... Leslie '67 sedan "Titanic" now being painted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Klein" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: Re: IML: dash lights > > 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 >