Hey, you are right! Just went tried my 99, everything but the 4wd light is part
of the bulb test.
Dave Clement
In article <A5288358-C97D-11D8-836D-000A277E09C8@tepidcola.com>,
dml@tepidcola.com (Michael Maskalans) writes:
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> On Jun 28, 2004, at 15:55, david.clement@verizon.net wrote:
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> > All the dash bulbs are powered when you first turn the key on as a
> > bulb check.
> > If the 4wd light does not light then it's the bulb, bulb socket or
> > wiring in
> > the dash. If it does light then look else where.
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> Sorry Dave, but no. I just went out and check this in my '98, and
> confirmed what I was pretty sure I remembered. My 4x4 indicator works,
> as tested by moving the lever to 4-high and seeing the indicator light.
> Upon moving the key to 'run' I got the usual litany of idiot lights
> lighting, and the 4x4 lamp was not one of them. I then turned the key
> to accessory, held in the trip reset, and moved the key to run, to do
> the cluster self-test. Again, many lamps lit, but not 4x4.
> Afterwards, I checked with the transfer case shifter again, and my
> indicator does indeed indicate.
>
> The only way to test that bulb is to pull the cluster and swap it with
> another.
> --
> Michael Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dak/>
> '98 Dakota CC 4x4 318 '84 RamCharger 4x4 360
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