This just started happening to my "88 DL wagon, in the morning the cluster back lights do not come on even though the dimmer still works on the heater controls and the hazard switch. After about 2-5 miles it starts working perfect.

Another thing that just started to happen is the pass side blinker indicator in the cluster works intermitantly (the blinkers ar working proper on the outside)

 

Thanks JWS

Wow 24 views and still no Ideas. I was hoping I am not the only person that has had this. :-\

You have a bad connection in the cluster someplace, i would suspect a ground at best, the Ribbon wire at worst.

 

 

nipper

Thanks, that is one of the places that I'm going to check, just don't have the ambition yet. I might check it while at work tomorrow.

 

JWS