[Kim]

probably somewhere associated with the connections at the temp display. Turing on the lights triggers a voltage at the display that then reduces the intensity. That connection may have failed due to dirt.

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[mustanghusker]

I just noticed last week that my temp gauge was not illuminating all the time at night. Then a few nights ago I pulled into the driveway and the gauge was working. I opened the glove box to get the gate opener out and as soon as I opened the box the gauge lost illumination. Must be a connection that is just starting to go. I figure it is nice to have, but in Texas, where it is hot more often than cold, it is usually reading hot so it isn't a necessary enough gauge to merit digging into things now. It can be about 95 outside and if I park in the sun during lunch the gauge usually reads about 115 or so, so its accuracry isn't always all that great for me.



Oh well. I just decide when I take the dog out if it is warm enough to put the top down. More often than not, it is. I don't need the thermometer to tell me that.

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[Cloud9...68]

Maybe it's just a coincidence, but my cigarette lighter connection isn't working, either. How do I know? I recently bought a very cool compact flashlight that fits into the cig lighter to keep its battery charged, and the light has slowly died. I moved the light into one of our other vehicles, and it's working perfectly. So, I wonder if I have something going on behind the panel that houses the cig lighter and the temp gauge that's responsibe for both problems...

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[T-Bone]

Hmmm... My symptom is that from time to time I plug/unplug the lighter in and the display illuminates/cuts out. It hasn't lit up in the past month and I have been fiddling around with it pretty good. I took it apart tonight, wiggled the bulb & connection, cleaned it, and it still didn't work. The bulb looks fine but maybe it isn't? The display seems to work fine but are the display and bulb tied in together? I'm assuming that one of the bullets off the back of the display that goes into the wiring harness is for the light. I looked closely at everything and it all seems okay?



I guess my next step is to look for a bulb? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Maybe they have it at my local Kragen but it doesn't look to common.



Thanks.

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[DaveN]

[quote name='T-Bone' post='63640' date='Nov 29 2008, 10:21 PM']Hmmm... My symptom is that from time to time I plug/unplug the lighter in and the display illuminates/cuts out. It hasn't lit up in the past month and I have been fiddling around with it pretty good. I took it apart tonight, wiggled the bulb & connection, cleaned it, and it still didn't work. The bulb looks fine but maybe it isn't? The display seems to work fine but are the display and bulb tied in together? I'm assuming that one of the bullets off the back of the display that goes into the wiring harness is for the light. I looked closely at everything and it all seems okay?



I guess my next step is to look for a bulb? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Maybe they have it at my local Kragen but it doesn't look to common.



Thanks.[/quote]



I have to get mine from Pelican as the ones from the auto stores look almost identical but when you try them they are just a hair to big to push in.

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