Afternoon all,

I'm hoping that one of you can assist me again with a problem I'm having
after installing a new radio CD player. After following all the directions
properly and double checking everything twice, I still have no dash lights.
It's only the lights in the instrument cluster themselves. The indicator
lights in the door switches etc are fine.

The dash lights actually worked for a minute or two after the installation,
but then quit. Using the diagnostics in the shop manual, I have determined I
need a new H/L switch because the dimmer seems to be fried.

The new radio I have installed is a Panasonic 5310U and it works
wonderfully. The display in radio is fine. It has no wiring for anything to
do with the dimmer, which is dofferent from the stock deck. The stock radio
uses two wires, orange & orange/white stripe that interface with the dimmer
on the truck. With the new radio, these two wires are left open, not
connected to anything. I tried installing the stock deck again, and sure
enough, still no cluster lights.

I contacted Panasonic who's somewhat terse reply was to take it to a
professional installer.

Anyone have a thought on this?

I don't want to install a new H/L switch and have it fail again, if it's
related to the new deck.

Thanks,

Chris