Instrument panel lights
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5th Wheeling
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Instrument panel lights
Have a 72 F100 with gauges. The fuel gauge and gauge under it are dark (not lit) as well as the left turn indicator and high beam light indicator. I pulled the panel out and the filaments in the bulbs appeared to intact so I hit the copper on the printed circuit board and the plug and contacts on the harness with some light sandpaper put it all back together but it didn’t fix it.
I was going to order a set of LED bulbs anyway just because they’re brighter but does anyone think it’s worth getting a new $39 circuit board while I’m at it in case the bulbs aren’t the issue?
Anyone try these LED bulbs from NPD if so how do you like them?
Thanks in advance
I was going to order a set of LED bulbs anyway just because they’re brighter but does anyone think it’s worth getting a new $39 circuit board while I’m at it in case the bulbs aren’t the issue?
Anyone try these LED bulbs from NPD if so how do you like them?
Thanks in advance
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Took the instrument panel out again and the bulbs are like an old string of Christmas lights. If you lose contact or the filament burns out say on #3 bulb #3,4 & 5 also go out.
The bulbs simply stab into a socket and the socket which twists into the circuit board. Where the bulbs stab into the socket on a few of the bulbs they weren’t making good contact to the inside of the socket. I corrected that now all lights are working correctly. I ordered the LED’s anyway as they are brighter. Should be here today.
The bulbs simply stab into a socket and the socket which twists into the circuit board. Where the bulbs stab into the socket on a few of the bulbs they weren’t making good contact to the inside of the socket. I corrected that now all lights are working correctly. I ordered the LED’s anyway as they are brighter. Should be here today.
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