guauge lights dont work

turbomk3

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I was putting my short throw in and then put all of the plastic pieces back on. connected all the wires...drove around all day, then when night came around, i turned on my lights and then smoke came out from my turn signal knob. then the guage lights, a/c lights, and radio lights dont work...think i shorted something out but i dont know if just replacing the fuse will fix it or if i need to take it somewhere to fix it? any help would be great thanks
 

PynkEye

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hmmm weird, fuses are suppose to jump before a wire burns up...maybe u got the wrong fuse in there....but ya..take it appart I guess and check it out
 

turboa7mgte

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the Dimmer pot is toast.... I can remember how i jumped mine.... When i get home I will look or you can check SF, thats where I got the instructions for mine.
I hooked up the wrong Dimmer wire when i hooked up my Stereo and Fried it.
 

turboa7mgte

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Jump W-G to W-B to by-pass the dimmer.

W-B is the white with black stripe wire which is car body ground. Connect this to the W-G which is the white with green stripe wire that is the - side to your dash lights.

DO NOT jump the green wire to the other 2 as it's a positive 12 volts which is only needed to make the dimmer rheostat work.
 

turbomk3

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how hard is this man b/c im not to familar with wiring and shit...do you have a diagram that you could link me to or make one...any help at all would be nice b/c its so annoying not being able to see at night....thanks