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#506055 - 04/29/08 02:06 PM Dashboard lights went out - easy?
BHBraswell BHBraswell New Member Registered: 04/29/08 Posts: 3 Loc: Missouri	The dashboard lights on my '89 Reatta went out. Is it an easy fix? Instructions? Thanks.
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#506066 - 04/29/08 02:46 PM Re: Dashboard lights went out - easy? [Re: BHBraswell]
DAVES89 DAVES89 Member Registered: 01/06/07 Posts: 656 Loc: Appleton,Wi	IPC replacement is one of the easier repairs. The trim piece is held in place by four tabs. Grasp the trim piece from the inside edges being sure you also have the plastic backing and pull slightly. Then do the lower corners the same way. Alternate this several times until the trim piece is off. The IPC is held in place by 4 small hex screws. Use the correct size socket [I believe 1/4 or 9/32] and remove screws. Grab the IPC on either side and rock back and forth until it releases from eletrical socket. You can try cleaning the connection with contact cleaner, but my experience says it is no longer good. I have some for sale [pm me]if you are interested. _________________________ BCA & Reatta Club affiliated '93 Roadmaster [Big Momma] '89 Reatta [Little Sister]
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#506068 - 04/29/08 03:00 PM Re: Dashboard lights went out - easy? [Re: DAVES89]
BHBraswell BHBraswell New Member Registered: 04/29/08 Posts: 3 Loc: Missouri	Wow. Thanks for the reply... I'll see what I can find out.
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#506090 - 04/29/08 03:50 PM Re: Dashboard lights went out - easy? [Re: BHBraswell]
TommyH TommyH Member Registered: 09/15/06 Posts: 907 Loc: Akron, Ohio	You might just have a blown fuse. Try checking those, if you haven't already. You may need to remove the whole side panel to see the fuses that are not accessible from the small opening. _________________________ If at first you don't succed, try, try, and try again, and keep trying 'till you can't try no more, and if you couldn't do what you spent all that time trying to do, then you just spent a whole lot of time trying to do something you just couldn't do!
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#506876 - 05/02/08 02:16 PM Re: Dashboard lights went out - easy? [Re: TommyH]
BHBraswell BHBraswell New Member Registered: 04/29/08 Posts: 3 Loc: Missouri	Thank you TommyH. I still haven't got this figured yet. Thought about fuses and I didn't know that there was hidden ones. I'll look for them.
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