Time to fix the lights and put together my dash again!
First I wanted to renew the green glasses on the indicator lights.
They were letting go a bit so they had to go...
But where do you find new glasses? I know!
I cut them out of a cheap-ass folder. Perfect for the occasion ;-)
Ready to be glued on.
Voila. Easy peasy.
Next up the more serious part. First I need to remove the old crappy printed circuit.
Not all the lights can be replaced. I bought a led kit online which replaces most lights except for warning lights. But I had to take them all out anyway. Just incase I made sure I knew where they came from. I also removed the voltage regulator (square thing at the top right).
Right in the middle are 2 larger screws that sit on threaded rods attached to the fuel meter. Unfortunately one of the rods wasn't sticking in the meter so well anymore and spun around when I tried to get the nut off. Grrrr. Now I have to remove the whole back-side etc...
After a lot of careful screwing around I managed to get it out.
There is the reason the rod was moving along with the spinning nut. The plastic around it was cracked :-(
But I glued it back on and tested it by putting a bit of voltage on it carefully so make the meter move. And it worked! Nice!
Time to start putting the cluster back together.
First I put the fuel meter back in carefully and tested it one more time to make sure it was still working fine, which it was :-)
Then I put the new printed circuit on put in the new lights and the few old ones. Looking good eh?
Then I took it to my car and put it back in. You have to fiddle a bit to get the electric connector in. Also, make sure you hear a click when putting the speedometer cable back on, otherwise it's not connected properly.
I tested the indicators and... Bingo! I got indicator lights again :-)
Finally I put back the instrument panel and my car looks nice again with working indicator lights! :-)
