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2002 L300 interior dimmer switch

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Old Sep 25, 2019 | 05:32 PM
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Default 2002 L300 interior dimmer switch

As we all know the instrument panel dimmer switch is a big PIA.
My question is; can it be bypassed ?
I only want my lights to be full brightness, dont need a dimmer.
Any thoughts
 
Old Sep 25, 2019 | 10:02 PM
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I’ll look
 
Old Sep 28, 2019 | 07:10 PM
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Update on the dimmer. i decided to puller the dimmer switch out and examine it. The connector has 6 wires going to it. Mine has the trunk lid release ( Seams to be 2 wires to it) .
Disassembled the dimmer switch. The wheel has to contact fingers that contact 2 circuits on a circuit board. I had read that the fingers could lose contact and need to be bent outward. In attempting this one of the fingers broke off.
Fearing the worst I reassembled everything and tried it.
Lo and behold the instrument panel is at full brightness.
The wheel is now unable to change that. Not exactly how I was wanting to fix my issue, But it achieved the desired result.
 
Old Sep 29, 2019 | 10:48 AM
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Just think of it as a custom mod
 
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