dash board lights update
ok got an update, took the dimmer switch apart & cleaned it up, didnt see anything obviously bad. put it back together hooked it up and got dashlights to work! even the radio lights that had not worked for a while lit up!
However things went south fast, fiddling with wires the lights started to flicker something was loose either the harness conn or the switch has a short, my car battery eventually died. I ordered a new used dimmer switch on ebay!!!
It might also be tied in with the rear view mirror daylight sensor as a cause, looking to perhabs replace that as well.