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Idiot Lights (GEN & OIL) does not light up


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I tried to search the forum to find out why my "GEN" and "OIL" does not light up when put in ignition position - my horn, light in dash, blinkers works fine as I believe all my fuses are fine.

 

I noticed that these lights stopped working after a shop rebuilt my 4 BBL carb as I did find oil sensor unplugged near distributor as I plugged it back - not sure if it was related or not at all?

 

Where else should I look to fix the issue?

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My suggestion would be to ohm out the circuits. Visuals don’t give you the info you need. You can remove the the dash pad and get to the connector for the trace on the back of the dash. You can easily ohm out both and see if you have continuity to that point. If you do than the problem is behind the dash.

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You are looking for continuity. So you would ohm out from the connector pin under the dash to the sensor. You should have a 0 ohm path. If you read anything above a short you have wiring issues or a fuse issue. I would suggest a wiring diagram and a good volt/ohm meter. You will get the pin out info off of that. The. If that’s good you might be able to get to the dummy lights and check continuity between them and the connector to the trace board. I had to do this when I had issues with my dash tach.

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