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bulbs.
The bulbs in my dash are very dim and are hard to see at night. i have tried to replace all the bulbs in the gauge cluster which was a ****ty job to do but i got that done and i helped a little but not enough. the same thing happened to my friend and he told me he bought some LED bulbs and it helped ALOT. Anyone know where i can get some good ones for cheep? im sure you guys know what kind i need, the 194 wedge base bulbs.... at least thats what was in it and what i replaced the old ones with.
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For bout $8 you can do a white face gauge mod and it is the best thing Iv done for my truck yet.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...te-gauges.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...te-gauges.html
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The OEM blue lenses get cloudy over time and result in this problem.
LEDs aren't dimmable, at least not to the extent that incandescent bulbs are.
Just google "led 194" and you'll find lots o' information & retailers.
You also might consider getting colored bulbs - 194R = red, B = blue, G = green. Or, maybe
what I call "mouse rubbers" - rubber "socks" that fit over the bulbs.
LEDs aren't dimmable, at least not to the extent that incandescent bulbs are.
Just google "led 194" and you'll find lots o' information & retailers.
You also might consider getting colored bulbs - 194R = red, B = blue, G = green. Or, maybe
what I call "mouse rubbers" - rubber "socks" that fit over the bulbs.
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I don't have any idea but I'd *imagine* you could as I'd imagine even the HO variants
would use less power and produce less heat than the incandescent 194s. But, I don't
know this for a fact, I'd do some checking around....
would use less power and produce less heat than the incandescent 194s. But, I don't
know this for a fact, I'd do some checking around....
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Take the cluster back apart, pull the bulbs out, and poke the colored plastic lens out. You won't need LED's then, but the lighting will be yellow. If you want colored light, just buy regular colored bulbs. The lenses in the cluster are your problem, LED's are not going to fix that.
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No, it won't hurt anything. This is a very common problem with these trucks.
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yeah by reading these form's I've found that out. You would think that when people in 1980 saw that it was a problem Ford would have made a better gauge cluster that lit up better for these trucks.
