Dcelone53

(Please pardon any naivety)

So I'm putting the comb. Meter from a 92 ls400 in my hotrod. I completely cut the harness up and made my own connectors to cut down in the things I don't really need. The thing is I don't have rathe rheostat. I'm assuming this is why the meter won't loght up becuause the circuit is open.

Question is, before I go out and get one, is there anyway I can wire around it? The light control isn't really essential to what I am doing.

Thanks in advance, anymore info can be given if needed

Cheers!

Gene01

If it is only a rheostat (which seems likely), you could just short the circuit.
Before you do, you might try inserting a 12V bulb to limit current. When turned on, the inserted bulb should glow dimly, and the lights in the panel should also light up dimly. This assumes that the only things on the circuit are incandescent bulbs. It will not work with LEDs, etc.

Dcelone53

go figure, im playing with the wires and got it to light up, been confused for hours and it randomly turns on...

Thanks lol

Gene01

If it only lights up when the wires are shorted (jumper across the rheostat?), it would indicate an intermittent connection, very likely a ground.
If it lights when it shouldn't, it indicates a short somewhere on the "hot" side.
Either will require some time and effort to isolate.