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IoWesty
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:43 am    Post subject: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
I removed the instrument cluster to replace the brake switches in my 1991 Westy. When I put everything back, the headlights would work, but the lights lighting up the instrument cluster and the RND21 on the automatic shift console won't light up.

Is the headlight switch to blame, or is there a fuse out?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
Do check your fuses first..I think the instrument lighting fuse is #10..on a separate holder above the fuse box..not the row at the bottom.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
If memory serves.......

Isn't there a single tiny terminal that has a wire plugged onto it separately?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
Dave, do you mean separate from the plug that goes into the switch itself?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
Had my cluster lights and aftermarket gauge lights go out after hitting a road bump. Headlights still worked. Fuses were OK. Headlight switch looked OK, Wiggled the wires at the back of the connector and also wiggled the 14 pin connector as someone suggested and the lights worked again.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 5:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
Problem solved. 10 amp fuse at the #20 spot was blown.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:19 am    Post subject: Re: Headlight Switch Reply with quote
IoWesty wrote:
Problem solved. 10 amp fuse at the #20 spot was blown.


This just fixed my cluster lights that were out. I have another 1991 switch coming as they are suspect at this point.
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