No gauge lights after instrument cluster removal

[Mischief7m]

the other day i took out my instrument cluster in order to swap out my stock boost, temp, and oil pressure gauges with autometer gauges. when i put everythinng back together i had no lights to anything, gauges, climate control, nothing....i was very careful not to dammage the circuit board, and it seems to be fine to me, all the gauges work, and all the trouble lights work. except the airbag warning light, which is now lit and never was before. by the way my car is a 90 turbo 5 speed
thanks for any help.

 

[trydrew]

Assuming that you plugged everything back in correctly, I am going guess that your rheostat (dimmer switch) is bad. That happened to my car shortly after I bought it, and i took the rheostat out to find a blown resistor on the little curcuit. I guess it could also be possible that you knocked that plug out while removing the intruments, so check it first.

Oh yea, I know it is stupid to say, but make sure your dimmer switch isn't in the off position.

 

[Mischief7m]

yea, stupid mistake on my part, the dimmer was not plugged in all the way, thanks for the advice

 

[gsmokez]

haha same thing just happened to me right now. thanks to your stupid mistake I found out that I made the same

 

[mista_sup]

how did the gauges come out? put up pics...

the other day i took out my instrument cluster in order to swap out my stock boost, temp, and oil pressure gauges with autometer gauges. when i put everythinng back together i had no lights to anything, gauges, climate control, nothing....i was very careful not to dammage the circuit board, and it seems to be fine to me, all the gauges work, and all the trouble lights work. except the airbag warning light, which is now lit and never was before. by the way my car is a 90 turbo 5 speed
thanks for any help.