boomer1
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- Northglenn, Co
1988 Jeep Cherokee, 6 cyl, 5 speed, 300,000 on a rebuilt engine.
I was wonder if anyone else has run into this. My jeep has a full gauge set up from the factory. During the day, all the gauges work just fine and read correctly. At night when I turn on the headlights, or the parking lights, the insterment panel lights up, but then the temp gauge pegs out all the way to the right. All the other guages are fine. Within a few minutes of driving down the road, the instement panel lights go out and the temp guage returns to normal.
Check the fuse and it's burnt out (5 amp). Replace the fuse and the insterment panel lights will work again whenI turn on the parking or headlights. Start driving and the temp guage pegs and the fuse burns out again.
I'm thinking maybe a short on the back of the copper wire circut board for the guages, or maybe the light switch itself.
Any ideas would be great, otherwise I'll throw a new light switch on it and see if that helps. If not, I guess I could put a new guage cluster in and see if that helps. :doh:
Thanks in advance for any help
I was wonder if anyone else has run into this. My jeep has a full gauge set up from the factory. During the day, all the gauges work just fine and read correctly. At night when I turn on the headlights, or the parking lights, the insterment panel lights up, but then the temp gauge pegs out all the way to the right. All the other guages are fine. Within a few minutes of driving down the road, the instement panel lights go out and the temp guage returns to normal.
Check the fuse and it's burnt out (5 amp). Replace the fuse and the insterment panel lights will work again whenI turn on the parking or headlights. Start driving and the temp guage pegs and the fuse burns out again.
I'm thinking maybe a short on the back of the copper wire circut board for the guages, or maybe the light switch itself.
Any ideas would be great, otherwise I'll throw a new light switch on it and see if that helps. If not, I guess I could put a new guage cluster in and see if that helps. :doh:
Thanks in advance for any help