need help ideas on how to troubleshoot dashboard lights problem

my '93 civic instrument lighting in dash board go on and off intermittently
but are off more than on and i can not find the trouble is this a common
familiar problem to anyone.

occasionally riding along and they come on then 2-30mins - 2 hours later
(random) they will be off, when they are on i can adjust brightness with
dash light dimmer switch. i tried wiggling wires, banging dimmer switch,
and looking at fuses in fuse box swapping for new one etc and nothing seems
to produce the desired Cause/Effect need to diagnose and fix.

any ideas ?

rob

 

robm wrote:
>
> need help ideas on how to troubleshoot dashboard lights problem
>
> my '93 civic instrument lighting in dash board go on and off intermittently
> but are off more than on and i can not find the trouble is this a common
> familiar problem to anyone.
>
> occasionally riding along and they come on then 2-30mins - 2 hours later
> (random) they will be off, when they are on i can adjust brightness with
> dash light dimmer switch. i tried wiggling wires, banging dimmer switch,
> and looking at fuses in fuse box swapping for new one etc and nothing seems
> to produce the desired Cause/Effect need to diagnose and fix.
>
> any ideas ?
>
> rob


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Did somebody change the stereo, or is it original?

'Curly'

 

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message
news:43653F7D.F460AE26@interbaun.com...
> robm wrote:
> >
> > need help ideas on how to troubleshoot dashboard lights problem
> >
> > my '93 civic instrument lighting in dash board go on and off
intermittently
> > but are off more than on and i can not find the trouble is this a common
> > familiar problem to anyone.
> >
> > occasionally riding along and they come on then 2-30mins - 2 hours later
> > (random) they will be off, when they are on i can adjust brightness with
> > dash light dimmer switch. i tried wiggling wires, banging dimmer
switch,
> > and looking at fuses in fuse box swapping for new one etc and nothing
seems
> > to produce the desired Cause/Effect need to diagnose and fix.
> >
> > any ideas ?
> > rob
> -------------------------------
>
> Did somebody change the stereo, or is it original?
>
> 'Curly'

I changed the stereo to a pioneer deh4500 and i used a OEM style honda
connector kit to create a plug for stereo wires to match the honda stereo
connector

i can't say if the trouble started at or near the time of stereo change but
it is possible

is there something i should be looking for to fix ?

robm