No lights

[kbash]

well I don't not have dash lights for my speedometer and clock and the rest. The only thing that works is my blinkers.
Wray, Jdw any wire wiz help me.

 

[JoshP]

If nothing else besides your blinkers (headlights, brake lights, tails, ad nauseum) works, check fuses and work back. From a recent pic of your car, your rheostat was evidently bypassed/removed in favor of installing your choke cable.

Check your fuses...you've probably blown one or two.

 

[jaybird]

Don't drive at night.
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Fix your alternator, then find the problem with your lights, then fix the tach. In that order.

 

[PAUL161]

I had the same problem with my dash lights and it was caused by the instrument ground wire being unhooked. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif PJ

 

[Nunyas]

his alt'nater is fixed... this is the next step in the chain of things to fix /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

He even took Liz out for her first LBC experience ... or so the other thread says! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Like everyone else says... I'd start with the fuses. If it ain't the fuses, then I'd grab a wiring diagram for your car ( https://www.advanceautowire.com/ has a nice PDF for all MGBs; just print the one for your car), and trace the connections from the fuse box to your dash lights. A number of things can be bad from bad connections to just blown lights....

 

[kbash]

No dimer switch, But I twisted them all together now it works.

 

[DrEntropy]

Well taped too? Don't want to find out you let the smoke out of the wiring harness two days into getting it back on the road.

 

[jlaird]

Kinda makes ya wonder, dash lights and tac??

 

[kbash]

Yea electrical taped well

 

[jlaird]

Tac now working as well? Bet it is a loose, unconnected wire as well.

 

[kbash]

no tach nor temp.

 

[DrEntropy]

Look to the "Voltage Stabiliser" on the wiring diagram and find it in the car. That can cause some problems with instruments. Be sure it's connected.