Dash lights are very hard to see at night. They are getting power but do not brighten for dim when the rheostat switch is turned. I am thinking of bypassing the switch in the short term till I get a part number for the switch. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

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Hi,

Sounds like a plan to jumper over the terminals and they will be as bright as they can be.

If too bright, just flip on some tinted shades or look to one side. (:)
At my age they would not be oncoming headlights with halo’s quite yet.

Phil

I dont think I'd hesitate to jump that rheostat, if you want it dimmer you can just experiment with resistors to dim it a little but Ive never found it too bright at any setting other than full..

you could check if there is any resistance at full brightness. ( with a meter hooked to the pot and wires disconnected)

any resistance in series with the bulbs will tend to lower the brightness. I can;t remember how many bulbs are in the speedo , it could be there is more than one , like maybe 2? and one is burned out..

i remember the bulbs are not the same as the tiny ones used for dashboard illumination, but also small bulbs.