69 charger dash wiring problems

[tripleblkr/t]

I just installed my dash in my 69 charger and now I'm trying to get all the lights working. I have tail lights headlights low and high beam, console lights, dome lights, no brake lights yet and no alum. dash lights yet. There's no steering column in it as of yet so that why my brake light probably aren't working yet and my alum dash lights? My big issue is I'm getting a bad short when I turn my high beams on. My harness gets hot to my dimmer switch. I can hear it sparking behind my dash cluster and there's power going through my whole cluster with the test light. When I put it on low beam it's fine.

[tripleblkr/t]

found my problem, it was the high beam light in the dash. The metal tab where the bulb sits was bent and hitting the wall of the socket.

[TylerCharger69]

Glad you found it!!!   I was going to say something was grounding out there....I'm surprised a fuse didn't blow.

[71_deputy]

no fuse in that circuit as the high/low and the dash indicator is protected by the internal circuit breaker of the headlight switch- so a small short( smaller wire feeding it) will not draw the higher amps to trip it.

John Mac