"blu" <brian.utterback@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I recently changed the background light in the clock on my wife's 1999
> Honda odyssey which involved taking the dashboard apart. After I got
> it all back together, my wife noticed a couple of days later that the
> cruise control no longer works. The light in the switch does not light
> and the cruise control does not engage.
>
> I re-seated the connector to the switch (which I never disconnected in
> the first place) but that had no effect. I checked the fuse, but the
> fuse for the cruise control is okay. I removed the switch entirely to
> test the continuity with a volt-ohm meter, but since I don't know what
> pins should have continuity in the two positions, I can't really say
> whether or not the switch works.
>
> However, what I found doesn't sound like it can be right. There are 5
> pins on the back of the switch. I checked each pair of pins and found
> that when the switch was in the disengaged position, no pairs of pins
> had any continuity at all. When the switch was in the engaged
> position, only pins 3 and 4 make a connection with each other, while
> all of the others remain disconnected. There are two lights I can see
> embedded in the switch and I think that one comes on with the
> headlights and the other comes on when the switch is engaged.
>
> So, does it sound like I need a new switch, or is there another
> problem?
>
> Brian Utterback

Boy, your car must be so much different from my 2000 Honda Accord. I've
replace the clock light several times. All it takes is a thin screwdriver
or knife blade to pop the clock assembly out of the dashboard. Takes all of
2-3 minutes from womb to tomb.
MLD
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