No interior lights

[sprint]

Hi all, names Aaron. New to this site. Just bought an ae86 sprinter aus import with the 4ac. Anyway, as I bought it 4 days ago I'm starting to find minor problems.

This morning my dash and heater lights wouldt turn on. Only the interior fuse box has a description on it, the one under the hood hasn't got a sticker. However all fuses are fine. Possibly loose wiring?

Any help would be helpful as I start early mornings and late nights and can't see how fast I'm going.

[86coupe]

These cars can be a bit tricky for new owners. To turn the dash lights on, rotate the dial to the headlights on position, then basically bitch-slap the side of the dash cluster. The car will realise you're not to be f*cked with and the lights will come on immediately.

[Dylan]

There was a discussion on this a while ago. Theres a wire in the headlight switch which runs through a resistor block which you can control with that slider around the switch. When that wire breaks you will lose the dash lights. I think the norm is to cut the wire and bypass the resistor, so the dash lights will be on the brightest setting when the lights are on.

Found it :

[sic86]

i had the same problem with light, fixed it by pulling out the light switch and re soldering the wires.

[hachirusto]

best way to fix the issue is to pull the switch out and solder all the points in side, when I pulled mine out 3/4 of the points on the switch had no solder at all

[sprint]

thanks guys. it seemed to have fixed it self. probably temporarily.