This is going to sound funny, but have the fuse box checked for shorts.
Mine was just recently replaced because of this same problem. Took
the dealer 5 days to figure out what was wrong. I have an 03
Excursion.
Amy
> How do you find out why the gages do not work in a 1993 ford ranger xlt
> 3.0. All the lights work. Also why some times the head lights go off and
> off but not all the time. Thank you for your help
how do you check a fues box for a short
Rodan - 18 Sep 2005 01:28 GMT
how do you check a fues box for a short
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Turn off all electrical items.
Disconnect the POSITIVE battery cable.
Remove all the fuses (record their locations).
With an ohmmeter, measure the resistance
from every terminal in the fuse box to
a good chassis ground.
Very high resistance = no short.
Very low resistance = possible short.
Zero resistance = short.
Good luck.
Rodan.
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chuckie - 27 Sep 2005 07:08 GMT
could the relay becausing the instrument gages to stop working, if so could
you tell me how to check the relay? Thank you for your help. This is for a
1991 ford ranger XLT 3.0 manual trasmission.
chuckie - 29 Oct 2005 19:55 GMT
I have replaced my relays under the hood for my gages. My gages still does
not work, there is no small wire that looks like a computer hook up, there
is only the two big wire hook ups. This is for a 1993 Ford Ranger XLT 3.0
ranger manual tranmission. The gages do not wor, all the lights in the
dash works. Thank you for your help.