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#732757 February 05th 2018 10:03 pm February 05th 2018 10:03 pm |
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Posts: 25 CA | I have a 1980 Dodge van-based RV that has that dash configuration, but you'll have to wait until daylight to get a pic. Are you saying that you can see through holes in your cluster? I'd have a better understanding if you had a pic of the cluster instead of where it goes....
Edit: you mean what looks like a bank of idiot lights?
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#732758 February 05th 2018 10:15 pm February 05th 2018 10:15 pm |
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Posts: 31 California | Yes, looks like a bank of idiot lights. I attached two photos in the original post (does it not show?). The one on the left is the actual instrument panel, it has a bunch of plastic lenses. I have not looked close enough yet to see if the lenses say anything. The one on the right is the dashboard where instrument panel screws in. It shows a series of holes with nothing in them, no lights, wires or anything.
I never paid any attention to them so never thought about them never lighting up. And I have been driving this van for 28 years !........ LOL! what can I say, I beleive if it aint broke dont fix it.
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#732774 February 06th 2018 1:28 pm February 06th 2018 1:28 pm |
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Posts: 11,783 Fircrest, WA | Those are for options that your van was not ordered with. However, you should have a functioning seat belt warning light. You see those four holes in the dash next to the stereo? Those are for the lightbulbs that would light up behind those displays. The warning lights were add-on circuits depending on how the van was configured when built.
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#732780 February 06th 2018 3:26 pm February 06th 2018 3:26 pm |
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Posts: 11,783 Fircrest, WA | Yeah, in 79 I think even the seatbelt light was optional depending on the package. However, in 79 the van would have been originally built with shoulder belts. It was required by Federal law. Over the years someone might have swapped in aftermarket seats that have only lap belts.
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#732788 February 06th 2018 6:33 pm February 06th 2018 6:33 pm |
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Posts: 11,783 Fircrest, WA | Oh, man, thanks for that link!
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#732797 February 06th 2018 8:45 pm February 06th 2018 8:45 pm |
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Posts: 31 California | Mine has lap belts bolted into floor. When I replaced the paneling last fall there were no cutouts or screw holes for a shoulder harness, I don't think shoulder belts were required in 1979.
There is a nearby city that I drive through once in awhile that seems to have an abundance of very young leos so I add about 10 min for a traffic stop or two. My van is raised and they can not see that I am wearing lap belts, so as I go by I see their head turn and then shortly after I am on side of road. When they come up to the van and get on the step so they can see in they look at the seat belts then go back to the cruiser for a few minutes. Then come back and apologize for the inconvenience. I sort of get a laugh out of it. As for the other indicators there are no lights wires or connectors for any of it including the check egr and low trans fluid warning.
meanmachine: Thanks for the link I will bookmark it.
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