Dash lights stopped working

[02gtfromky]

Ok ive searched and searched and nothing has helped so far. I didnt do all my research and i started doing my 99up center dash bezel swap. I knew the clock and hazard switch plugs would plug right in. I didnt know the hazard switch had to be repinned. So i plugged them in, hit the hazard switch, my dash lights flickered a couple times and now they wont work. I checked all fuses and they are good. Made sure dimmer switch is rotated all the way max. Still no lights. Repinned hazard switch, still no lights. The three main illumination lights and hvac lights are the ones that are out. Everything else works. Only thing i can think of is dimmer switch took a crap on me. Can anyone help?

 

[zacattack20]

Dash lights are on the tail fuse in the fuse box in the engine bay. Double check that. And then check the dimmer switch by unplugging it and bypassing it by putting a paper clip in each side of the switch connector and then have them touch and see if your lights work then. Then it would be your dimmer switch.

 

[02gtfromky]

I checked the fuse, its good and my tail lights still work. So just put a paper clip in the two outside pins of the connector? I hope its just a dimmer switch gone bad