Replying to Anyone knowledge-able about 1998 Nissan Frontier wiring

A few days ago the instrument lights quit working in my 98 Nissan Frontier. It was awesome considering this happened at about 11PM and I was about 60 miles from home. Anyway, since then I checked every fuse under the steering column and under the hood. I don't know of any other fuses to check. All the fuses were fine. I refered to my Chilton's manual and it said the next step would be to remove the instrument cluster and check for proper grounding. I'm afraid that removing and replacing the instruments will take me the better part of a day, time I don't really have right now. Anyone have any other ideas or advice before I start in on this endeavor?