RE: dash lights out
I had this problem too. It turned out to be a bad connection on the back to the instrument cluster.
Solving the problem is pretty easy, just kinda time consuming.
All you need is some di-electric grease, a screwdriver, the proper size Torx bits (and a multimeter if you have one), and, some time.
The following info is coming straight from the service manual because I have since forgot it)
1.) Disconnect negative battery cable.
2.) Remove the knee blocker (the plasic piece under the steering wheel, 2 screws)
3.) Remove the lower left insturment panel end cap (2 screws)
4.) Remove cluster bezel (on my truck its the plastic wood grain piece; 2 screws at lower edge on either side of steering column, 8 screws on the face)
5.) Remove cluster lens and mask (4 screws)
6.) Remove the cluster. (? screws)
NOTE: The cluster will only come so far forward. There are two round connectors on the rear, one on the left (red) and one on the right (gray). Its pretty tricky to get to them, but, its possible.
The problem lies with the left (red) connector. Cavity E (the wire is the orange wire by the black wire.) isn't making a good connection. (Using the multimeter you can test to make sure there is voltage, and than turn the headlight knob like you are dimming the lights, and voltage will drop)
What I did was put some di-electric grease on this connection (and, just for the hell of it, I put some on every connection), and than, reconnected the connector, connected the battery, and tested the lights. Everything worked, so, I put everything back together.
I did this 3 months ago, and, my lights have never had a problem.
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Current ride: Belleville 220 DES ST - leather, reinforced front end, tan color. Runs on 'alternative fuel' 
1996 Dodge Dakota
1986 Honda Civic CRX
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