i'm still having an annoying issue of no dash lights (gauge cluster, 4x4, hvac, headlight switch). everytime i replace the fuse in the #1 fuse slot, it pops. i know the wire that runs the dash lights is the green/orange wire coming from the headlight switch. is there anyway i could cut this wire and tap it to something else? or just wire these lights to another source. i really dont want to take it into ford to get this fixed.

 

Test light and power probe and get to work find out where the short is...

could be a bad headlight switch

 

well to think of it.. my headlight switch light has never been on? maybe that's irrelevant to the dash lights but idk. where would i start to check for the short?