Does the glove box light work? Also, does the under hood light work
as well? If none of those function, check for a fuse under the hood.
About a 5 amp blade fuse, listed as Fuse 2 in my 96 FSM.
Also in circuit with these is a Time Delay Relay, which when activated
by the dome lamp, delays the turn on/off of the "courtesy lamp" under
the dash on the far passenger side and the key halo that lights up
around the lock cylinder on the steering column. If neither of these
are working, check that same fuse.
By the schematic in my FSM, Fuse 2 is a 5 Amp and feeds all of these
lights. The glove box, under hood, "courtesy light", and key halo
light all have their own dedicated ground. The Dome Lamp is grounded
through the door jamb switches, both of these switches are spliced at
a common splice in the Dome Lamp circuit, so unless that splice is
bad, it should still work if one switch goes bad.
Though it could be possible for the time delay relay to burn out the
coils inside and cause an issue. It is listed as being in the Fuse
Block under the dash.
WiLieR
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com> wrote:
>
>
> No, the dash illumination isn't all the way down. Otherwise I'd not be able
> to see my gauges driving home after work at 10pm. ;)
>
> The switches on both sides move freely in and out, pushing in 5-6mm until
> hitting the stop, then coming fully out again with no "grainyness", just
> smooth action. I'm gonna have to dig through the wiring diagrams from the
> sound of it, though I'll hose 'em out with WD40 in case the internal
> contacts are corroded as someone suggested. Just as well, the dome light is
> so far back in the cab as to be almost useless to front seat passengers.
> Maybe I can wire up something supplemental to the factory dome light once I
> figure out the initial problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MattB
>
>
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