All of the wiring has been repaired. The dash lighting issue ended up being a combination of burnt tan wire lead to the dimmer switch and a loose connection of the orange lighting wire where it was connected to the fuse clip.
Another day in the saga.
I found that the brown wire from the dimmer to the fuse block was bad. Process of elimination. Put power to both sides of the fuse and lights worked. Then to the center brown terminal of the dimmer plug and nothing. Easy enough. Pull the fuse panel and splice in a new...
Good call. I know I have issues in the signal circuit. That’s a whole separate issue. Was working on the inside while I had the seats out. No blinkers but have hazards. The left signal is on all the time in the dash when headlights are on. I’ll try disconnecting that circuit too.
I have a new negative cable with ground to block and ground to core support. I’m not by the car now but I think there is ground from block to firewall. I’ll check tomorrow.
The odd part is it’s only not working when plugged into the orange circuit. When plugged directly to the red battery port...
The grounding point I was using was a bolt through where the light bar attaches. I also ran a ground with a jumper cable straight from the battery to the light bar. No effect either way when plugged into the orange circuit that shows voltage. When I plug into the battery terminal on the fuse...
Yes, I know. Another dash lighting post.….
Trying to track down where things are going off the rails.
1. Continuity - I checked every orange wire from each end point connection and all show continuity back to fuse panel. Checked the brown wire from fuse panel to dimmer and it has continuity...