dashboard doesnt light up

[TbM]

Thanks guys I've checked the fuses and theyre fine but there is no connection between the connector and the circuit board because the connector has been damaged. I've ordered a new connector so hopefully this does the trick

i think your talking about the bulb holder, the connector i was talking about is the plug that goes into the back of the cluster to send it power and all its signals.

I haven't actually checked to see if the cluster was getting voltage I just made the assumption it was, up until I pulled out this connector and it broke, because the other lights were working fine before I did this. This made me come to the conclusion that the circuit was a series and that if a connector broke it stopped the whole circuit. I've ordered the connector to see if it fixes my problem, I'm a bit worried at the fact that fried wires might be a possibility :S what could cause the wires to be fried?

if you broke the bulb holder then put it back in and turned the cluster on you have probably shorted something out, the cluster may be wired in series but i doubt it, of the few cluster ive worked on they run the lights parallel, safer that way as if you have 1 blow you can still see the cluster until you get the blown bulb fixed.

fried wiring is pretty much the least likely scenario, imo you have either blown a fuse that you haven't noticed or burnt out a track on the clusters pcb by shorting the bulb holder.