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Just bought a 92 civic dx base model has a b16 swap(supposedly). Anyways I don't have dash lights or hvac lights. I've looked online about fuses and all of them test good, also took dimmer switch out and jumped the rd and black wires and still nothing. Took cluster out and there are 2 green plugs that don't have anything going to them. Also tried swapping bulbs and still nothing. Anybody help?

 
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Fuse 19 in the dash box good?
Got all the taillights and park lights?


Pick a dash light that doesn't work.
Get a voltmeter.
Figure out if the light is missing the positive or the negative.


Wait wait wait.....
YO! Those are supposed to be plugged in to the cluster.
My diagram shows 5 connectors.
2 gray
2 green
1 yellow

 
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As stated all fuses are good. But I don't get any lights except headlights when I turn lights in. When I took the cluster out there are 2 green plugs that aren't there and the wires aren't anywhere to be found. I thought those were for power options and cruise which my car doesn't have.

 
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So no park or tail lights, right?


Check fuses.
Not just for being good or bad, I mean see if there is battery power (+) to each side of the fuses:

Use a voltmeter or test light to probe for voltage on the exposed metal tips of the fuse. You do not remove any fuses to test.






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Turn the headlights on
Check fuse 19 in the dash fusebox.
It should have power on both tips of the fuse when the headlight switch is on.


If no power on that fuse on either side, go to headlight switch and check for battery (+) on the red/green wire. (backprobe the terminal without disconnecting the harness from the switch)


(You could actually use a fused jumper wire -- touch battery + to that fuse and see if the rest of the lights can work too)

OH, I get it now. Harness is missing. .....

DX.....
Automatic or manual trans?

It would take more digging in wiring diagrams to track each wire of each plug....

 
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Manual trans

 
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I got all the exterior lights to work and bought a different cluster yesterday and lights still do not work! I've also read about having an aftermarket radio can make this happen?

 
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What did you do?
Still missing the harness with 2 green plugs?


That's too old for that system, although a miswired radio could certainly wipe out the dimmer circuitry.

Unplug the radio harness just in case it's wrong for now....


Spin the dial on the dash light dimmer. Nothing?
Pull out that unit. Is it unplugged?
In that connector, Jumper 2 wires together, use a paper clip to test or something: Red wire to Black wire.

Turn the headlight switch on....
Got dash lights on now?

Maybe not in the cluster, but in all the switches, lighter, shifter, heater controls?

 
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Ok so rebuilding the motor and bought hids. Installed them and turned lights on and dash lights came on. I unhooked the battery , came back 5 minutes later to play with the dimmer and hooked it back up and now the dash lights don't work anymore again.