Posted by jeffcat on August 17, 2017 at 14:06:13 from (50.207.7.235):
In Reply to: Finding a short posted by rrman61 on August 17, 2017 at 08:51:11:
Had this happen on my 1996 Explorer. Fried light switch. Several people have come close but this is what I did. Took the dash apart. The first big plastic pannel that trims and covers everything. This lets you run the vehicle for a couple of days with everything exposed so you can feel around. My light switch fried because the plug socket with all of the little connectors in it were crap. Went junk yarding and cut the harness out of another lower mile vehicle. Made lineman soldered connections with heat shrink tubing on them. Lot of work but it worked perfectly after that. The resistor is mentioned and some cars will get pretty hot as were others not so much. Depends. The brighter you run your dash lights, the cooler the resistor. You want a real shock, change them over to all LED. Lot of guys sell kits with every single LED bulb you will need for not that much on Ebay. Around 25 bucks or so. White or colors.
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