taillights not working

[88lxi-shortram]

ok ive searched and searched an searched. ive called in the advise of a few members on FB and still nothing. basically my taillights wont come on when i turn my head lghts on. heres what i did before they blew...

i went to reinstall cruise control onb my car but i lost my actuator thing. so i took one from my friends 87 lude with a manual tranny and tried to install it on my car (automatic) it bolted up fine and the plug was prefect but i couldnt get it to work. then a few days later my gauge cluster lights went out and i thought nothing of it, maybe a fuse ill do it later... the next day i get pulled over cuz my tails are out. so after searching ive come to theconclusion that the tails and gauges are linked together. so i begen testing. i checked ALL the fuses and they all look fine to me. bulbs are fine as well. i replaced the fuses i was told were related to them and still nothing. i dont have a fuse diagram from underdash or underhood fusebox so idk whats what. so im thinking theres either a hidden secret to this or my switch is bad possibly? any advise on this guys?

[go2eleven]

A couple diagnostic questions:

Are your headlight retractors working?
Are your license plate lights coming on even though your tail lights aren't?
Are your turn signals working?

[POS carb]

download:
http://3geez.wiki-tv.com/manuals/1989%20Accord%20Electrical%20Troubleshooting%20Man ual.zip

go to page 111 on the pdf

do your headlight retractors work?
according to the document, if they do, that will rule out the fuses and switch.

[charliekuney]

It's a fuse. Same thing happened to me. It's either 7 or 11 under the dash or something. It's labeled right tail light.

[Legend_master]

Can you explain exactly which light work? Brake lights, parking lights, blinkers ect....

[charliekuney]

From what I can assume, the only things NOT working are his dash (the green backlighting, not the check lights or receiver) and TAIL and parking lights - think of it this way, all of the lights that would turn on with the first click on the combination switch. Head lights, brake lights, turn signals, reverse lights; all still worked for me when the fuse went out.