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84- Dimmer Light Wire - where is it?

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Old 12-18-2009, 07:33 PM
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New to the forum gang... just got a 84 K5 on big lift on 35in swampers. Love th truck so far. Question... I'm adding a tach, have everything done but the dimmer light...tach is working. Can't find the right wire to tie into to....(so the tach lights up at night) any help would be great.
 
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You should be able to find the proper wire at the headlight switch. Use a test light to determine which wire gets +12V when the headlights are on. It should be the dark green wire at the headlight switch.
 
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Old 12-18-2009, 08:49 PM
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Thanks! Is there an easy way to get to the wire? I looked under the dash... can't make it up that far. I guess the I could take the light **** off and pull the thing out forward?
 
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Drop the panel from under the steering column and you should be able to get up there.
 
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it worked, got it fixed. Big thanks
 
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