Turn signals, running lights and instrument panel lights are not working

1983 CHEVROLET CUSTOM DELUXE
100,000 MILES • 5.0L • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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SQUAREBODYFAN87
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No turn signals, no running lights. brake lights work when I step on the brake pedal and headlights work in both low and high dimmer switch works too. The instrument panel lights don't work either. fuses are good.
Nov 2, 2019 at 12:00 PM
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MASTERWRENCH
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I would start by checking for power on pin 9 (brown wire) at the headlamp switch connector. It should have 12v on it with the headlamp switch in both parking lamp and headlamp positions. Attached is a diagram of the connector showing this circuit.
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Nov 3, 2019 at 10:19 AM
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SQUAREBODYFAN87
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Thank you for the advice and diagram that helped out a lot, but it seemed to be a many things that failed here. brown wire was bear in one spot.bad fuses was anther problem. they weren't blown but not relying power I switched them for new ones and now everything works. Again thank you.
Nov 3, 2019 at 12:37 PM
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MASTERWRENCH
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You're quite welcome!
Nov 3, 2019 at 8:15 PM
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