94 Ford ranger recently found a set of hid"led" headlight out a 95 ranger at a junkyard I replaced my halogens with the hid bulbs and noticed I didn't have running lights and running lights only work when switch is pulled half way between its original spot and the headlight spot so pull the switch slightly past the running light click on the switch but running lights shut off when headlights are on could it be something to do with the hid bulbs they connect to the existing ranger connector so I didn't rewire anything

 

No, it would be a problem in the head light switch and you just noticed it now

Headlights and park lights don't share any wires or fuses, only thing they have in common is the main light switch

Do the dash lights work with park lights on, and then go off with headlights on?
Its a different part of the switch but just checking

 

Yes instrument lights go out when headlights are on never had the problem until I fixed a tailight wiring job that the previous owner did

 

I would start by replacing main light switch, it is a high wear item, so not an unexpected repair at 26 years old, and not an expensive part

Unless the fuse is blown there is no connection between tail lights and dash light except the main light switch, you can try rotating the **** on main light switch(dimmer) to see if dash light start working again and park lights but would still indicate the issue is with that switch

 

Switch was to blame so I decided to give a bit of a modern twist to it I'm using illuminated toggle switches for turning lights only problem u haven't really ran into any problems yet other then high beams but with hids really won't need high beams and I'm begining to wonder if I'll have any problems with the brake lights coming on when brakes are pressed or are they light some other way I have ideas to overcome the brake light issue if needed

 

Brake lights are a separate system in 1994, brake light has its own filament as does tail light(they share a dual filament bulb), turn signal also has its own bulb
In later years the brake lights ran thru the turn signal switch, brake and turn shared a bulb/filament