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helllllp i got fried

Started by 1987VG30E · Sep 16, 2013 · 6postsSMF 2010–26

1987VG30ESep 16, 2013, 7:03 pm · #1

So something got fried i had a power surge, could be 1 or 2 things but....... my brake lights and reverse lights work but my running tail lights dont work and also my gauge cluster wont light up please help oh and i drive a 87 se

sideways_s12Sep 16, 2013, 9:12 pm · #2

Check your multiswitch that controls that and also check coresponding fuses
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How do you know it fried ? might just be a fuse
1987VG30ESep 16, 2013, 9:31 pm · #3

im probably gonna sound dumb saying this but the multiswitch is what cuts on the lights right? but i checked every fuse and they are all fine

sideways_s12Sep 19, 2013, 12:01 am · #4

yeah the multiswitch is the switch that turns the lights on and brights and blinkers pull the whole assembly and clean the contacts with brake kleen Iggy did a write up on it here somewhere.

GhoStSep 19, 2013, 3:42 pm · #5

This just happened to me and I got pulled over for it.

I believe the fuse it was, was in the passenger panel. a 10 or 15 for illumination or something like that.

Slideways87PandaSep 19, 2013, 4:47 pm · #6

i had this hapen on my 87 SE it was the fuse ghost was taliking about,i replaced the mulitswitch and fuse