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Old 12-20-2011, 03:29 AM   #1
maepis
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'85 K5 dimmer switch won't engage?

I have an 85 K5 with tilt column and when I was replacing the ignition cylinder a piece of plastic fell off of the area where the multilever attaches. We tried to reassemble it and put it back on it's track the way that it would appear to work but now I can't engage the dimmer switch. When I pull back on the lever there is nothing. It will go forwards or backwards and just stay where I leave it. Can anyone tell me how this area is supposed to be assembled or show me some pictures. I've done all kinds of internet searching plus reading Hayne's and Chiltons manuals and can not find any information on how to properly reassemble this piece. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Old 12-20-2011, 09:13 AM   #2
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Re: '85 K5 dimmer switch won't engage?

I just went through this with my 91 Blazer. I took it all apart, thinking I could swap in pieces from my parts truck, nothing I did worked and I was never able to figure it out. I wanted to swap in my column from my 88 parts Blazer, but it was a standard. You'd think with two apart I could have figured out what was broken and fixed it. Guy gave me another column, but it was all corroded from being left outside. Finally bought a used, non-tilt column for $30 on Craigslist. Easier to swap the whole thing than to fiddle with it any longer. I lost tilt and cruise control. I thought I could keep my cruise because all the wirings there, but the cruise stalk won't plug into the hole in the non-cruise column. There's a difference of about a 1/16 of an inch.
Anyway, that fixed my high beam problem and my horn problem, at least temporarily. My horn keeps blowing fuses as fast as I can put them in. Not sure if it's the horn or the interior lights, they're on the same fuse.
Well, that was a long post to add nothing helpful. Sorry. Hope you figure it out. I couldn't.
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