Clock Lighting?

[Levi]

okay, say you are holding the clock upright: There is a metal circle where the light goes in, the top half is the - and the bottom half is the +

I got an ultrabright LED, spliced the + end to a resistor, and from the resistor i soldered it to the bottom half, and the - end of the LED i soldered it to the top half of the circle.

before, i went through someone elses instructions and it didnt work, but i found out the issue was that they got the positive and negative circles mixed around.

 

[juicebox00]

If you look close on the side of the clock, you'll see a small gap on the side which you can stick a flat head in it and pop it out. Unplug the wires, unscrew the bulb and put the new one in. Put everything back and your done.

ok, i'll try that

 

[AndyDrew2]

Just got my replacement in the mail....going to give this a try in a few...

 

[brettg4215]

thanks levi
ill give it a try again when i have some time, probably later tonight.

 

[AndyDrew2]

Wow. This was simple. I was expecting a lot longer than the 3 minutes it took. Awesome.

 

[cirsurvive711]

yeah dude taking the clock out and sh!t is easy as it gets I've done it more times than I can count

 

[AndyDrew2]

yeah dude taking the clock out and sh!t is easy as it gets I've done it more times than I can count

How easy is changing the gage lights to leds? Im buying some and am just curious...

 

[thejameshimself]

search, search, search.

LED clock

Led Guages #1

clock #2

Guages #2

 

[AndyDrew2]

Oh...I did search and I can see how to do it....I'm just wondering about difficulty. Are we talking 20 minutes or 3 hours...

 

[thejameshimself]

Oh...I did search and I can see how to do it....I'm just wondering about difficulty. Are we talking 20 minutes or 3 hours...

1st time is the hardest. I could get the clock out and completely apart in probably 5-10 minutes. Getting the cluster out requires taking out an annoying bezel, 4 screws (if my memory is right), and maneuvering it around the steering wheel add a couple more minutes. The actual bulb replacement is fairly plug and play - only real forseeable problem is bulbs not fitting or making good contact.