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If you get tired of pounding on dash, there's hope
Posted by JohnK (more from JohnK) on Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:01:49
In Reply to: Re: Loss of Night Illumination in Instruments, Yaofeng, Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:02:26
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If the bulbs go on with a sharp wack on the dash, the problem is likely to be a bad connection between the bulb holder and the the printed circuit film.
If not just loose bulb holders, the root of the problem is likely to be heat damage to the hard plastic beneath the printed circuit film. Lot's of us have used #194 5 watt bulbs rather than the 3 watters, which look the same. Over time, the heat will melt a dimple in the hard plastic causing the annoying bad connection. To fix this, you can fill the dimple with some JB weld. I use an old bicycle mirror to see what I'm doing through the speaker hole. After removing the bulbs, you can carefully peel back the printed circuit film to uncover the back of the cluster. Fill the dimples and put every thing back...now with 3 watt bulbs. No more dash light bad connections. Plan B is to pull instrument cluster before filling dimples, but it can be done through the speaker hole.
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