Had them go out on my 84. Checked all ground wires and still had the
same problem. Finally got a volt ohm meter and found the ground side
of the bulb socket and ran a ground wire to it. 8 years later and
they haven't gone out again.










On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:05:57 -0500, "MILF Lover" >
wrote:

>I have an '86 Vette automatic.
>
>Over the last year, about once a week, my lights in my dash would go out and
>come back on in 1-3 seconds. Never long enough to cause any problems and
>not long enough to find the problem.
>
>Well, drove the car to work today and it rained. Don't know if that makes a
>difference... But when I started the car to drive home. No Dash Lights.
>And they seem to be out permanently.
>
>Now I can define the problem.....
>
>The lights only effect the instrument cluster.....
>
>When the Headlints are off ....The 4 peanuts lights behind are out and, the
>Turn signal indicators and bright indicator are one constantly. And if you
>signal a turn, the corresponding light will start blinking.
>
>If you turn on the Headlights.... The only difference is that the high beam
>indicators works....
>
>The cluster still works.... I shine a flashlight on it, I can read it.
>
>I figure it's a grounding problems... But where to look?
>
>Roy
>'86 Vette
>