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Posted on Jun 06, 2011

My 1989 S-10 pick up digital dash board lights are out. In a recent heavy rain they came on for two days and are out again. What's wrong and how can I fix it?

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Wow, where to start. check all fuses under dash. try to push all wire connectors under dash together serching for a lose connection. however with them coming on during a hard rain you may have a short. (worst case senario) a wiring harness replacement is within reason. just quite time consuming to install!

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