at night, when the lights are on, there should be some lights on the center console , right?
there aren't any on in the '90 24 wagon i just bought, and there is no power in the radio (it's possible it's fried - they said it hasn't worked for a couple years, along with the tailgate wiper,etc - gonna replace the wiring harnes). the hazard and rear defog switch lights work, and the seatbelt reminder light works, as does the glove box light.
i'm gonna check the bulbs when it stops raining. are there any other possible diagnosis/ fixes? the radio thing is what really throws me. and if i turn on the headlights it sometimes cuts off the seatbelt chime early.
also, in the fuse panel, someone did some sort of odd rigging of a wire with a long glass fuse like thing in a plastic case to the #1 fuse prong. anyone have any idea what they might have done this for?

adam