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#1
07-31-2025, 09:14 AM
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Did you remove switches and look?
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#2
07-31-2025, 09:29 AM
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No I never removed the switches,I did lube them up again. My thought is the courtesy lights work with the switches so they are OK. I also looked under the dash near the coutesy lights and never saw anything amiss.
Would hate to pull out the switch and have a connector come loose as that could be hard to get the wires back in place. |
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#3
07-31-2025, 11:24 AM
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Are you sure you have 12 volts on one side of doom light connector? If you do then there is no reason that the light should not come on with 12 volts and some kind of ground at dome light.
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#4
07-31-2025, 12:29 PM
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Yes tested with a multimeter and had 12.2 volts on one side of the dome light.
I thought for sure once i added the temporary ground to the dome light terminal it would light up. I pulled the headliner down a bit and made sure the 2 wires were present and not broken. They are and still in the factory holders From what Ive been reading the dome light system has 3 grounds ,2 at the door switch terminals and the headlight switch,which still has the gauges ground in place I dont get why it would just up and quit,old I guess? |
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#5
07-31-2025, 01:05 PM
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The other door doesn't let it work either?
If so, I'd look at the dome light housing? Might have broken wire of some loose connection there. Run a wire from a good ground to the dome bulb housing? 
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#6
07-31-2025, 01:18 PM
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Double check fuses
Dome and courtesy have separate fuses. They do share the same ground switches.
Volts you're seeing at the dome light could be back feeding through the courtesy lights. You could see volts but not enough amps to light the dome light. Clay |
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#7
07-31-2025, 01:25 PM
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Nope dome light wont come on with either door open and cant see anything wrong with the dome light wiring or the dome light connectors.
Thats a good idea to ground the housing perhaps the screws into the roof are not making good contact? |
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#8
07-31-2025, 01:42 PM
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I just did a ground test on the dome housing in place and also removed from the roof and I still cant see the light.
I didnt know the courtesy lights and dome are on different fuses,I did have a good look at the fuses in the fuse box and never saw one fried. Next thing for me will be to find out the exact fuse the dome light would be |
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