Maybe its my fault for taking the bulbs out 3 years ago, and assuming
that I should just be able to put them back in when I wanted to ...

I was cleaning out the jeep the other day, and I stumbled upon the
bulbs for the under-dash interior lights.. So, seeing as it's winter,
and I wouldn't mind being able to see things in the dark when I open
the doors for a change, I decided to put the bulbs back in.

In blindly pushing the bulb in and twisting to seat it properly, I
managed to short the two terminals together in the bulb-socket. With
gravity already pulling down on the positive terminal, (since the
sockets are upside-down) it didn't take much for me to touch it to the
negative terminal, without even realizing I did so.

Scared the crap out of me when I had no analog gauges and my new radio
didn't work anymore. Glad thats all it was. Fuse #17 in the PDC under
the hood.

So, out of spite, I took the sockets out tonight, and tucked the
connectors up under the dash.