Alright so I bought a 93 dodge dakota a while back and it still had the factory tape deck in it, the radio worked fine and everything but on day i went to put in a tape and it didnt want to go in so I tried to eject whatever might have been inside... waited and tried again- only this time it must have crossed something inside the stereo because suddenly all the illumination for the dash (back lights for the instrument panel and the climate controls) flickered and went out as did the stereo...

I have triple checked all the fuses (kick panel and under the hood) and replaced the stereo but I still dont have any illumination for the dash... I cant figure it out for the life of me... and using my ipod backlight to see my spedometer just isn't working for me lol. I doubt that all the bulbs burned out simultaneously, but anythings possible... any ideas on what to check and how to check it?

Thanks in advance!
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