Hey guys. Very TEDIOUS problem.
1998 Civic EX D16y8 5spd

i tried driving my car tonight but when i powered it up and turned on my lights, my gauge cluster works but will not light up!!! i checked the under dash instrument fuse, and its fine. Headlights, tailights, and blinkers ALL WORK. i checked the dimmer switch and it isn't getting power though. I don't know if its relevant but i installed a new xplod deck today, but all i did was replace two fuses, and soldered the harness. i didn't touch anything else.

maybe i shorted something???
Any pointers or inquisitions are helpfull, i'm already tired of driving a five speed with a flashlight in one hand lol.

 

Before saying it's bad, move the dimmer wheel around, it usually fixes the problem. However if that doesn't work I bet that its the dimmer switch......I've owned 2 eg's and 1 ej and all of the dimmer switches were bad or went bad.

Next time use the FAQs section located at the top of the 1992-2000 civic thread. I bet this issue is in there.