Dash warning lights idea
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Dash warning lights idea
Ok so I got an idea...I gotta pull my dash whenever my gauge bezel gets here to install it, figure I'll do the lights as well.
I got this crazy idea of jumping the warning lights off of each other, daisy chaining them all to the battery warning light.
I figure I could jump the 4x4, Low Range, Anti Theft, all the lights that don't come on when the key is turned to RUN before starting it.
What you guys think, feasible? I just know if my dash lights up like a Christmas tree something's wrong with the battery! lol.
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Zach
I got this crazy idea of jumping the warning lights off of each other, daisy chaining them all to the battery warning light.
I figure I could jump the 4x4, Low Range, Anti Theft, all the lights that don't come on when the key is turned to RUN before starting it.
What you guys think, feasible? I just know if my dash lights up like a Christmas tree something's wrong with the battery! lol.
RP
Zach
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I have NO IDEA!!! That's the weird part about it, I just figured why not...the 4x4 lights and the anti theft and all of the "unused" ones on my truck are there...I just want them to light up for the heck of it.
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If I were going to use any of the unused lights, I'd use them for a reminder for something else. Say you have some undercar neon or something like that. Then, when you turned the switch on controlling the auxillary lights, one of the extra bulbs in the dash would light up to tell you it's on and remind you.
But I think I'd just leave it alone, messing with the printed circuit can get real messy real fast if you don't watch out.
But I think I'd just leave it alone, messing with the printed circuit can get real messy real fast if you don't watch out.
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you will not be able to tell what the problem is!!
Well I'll see about it when I get in there when the bezel comes, thanks for the suggestions guys.
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Last edited by RangerPilot; Apr 23, 2006 at 04:45 PM.
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Originally Posted by RangerPilot
Well I'll see about it when I get in there when the bezel comes, thanks for the suggestions guys.
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Good thought about the gas needle! I might just have to do that, make it actually sit on full when the tank is full (I mean seriously...who woulda thought...). What's up with the speedo needle? Take some effort? I was hoping it would be conveniently easy to do. If I ever end up over there, I'll be sure to let you know, those magazines sound like fun!
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What's up with the speedo needle?
When I pulled my original speedo to put in my tach cluster, it took a couple trys to get it correct. Easy to do with a tach and Peter Ogden's program (Linky ). I've tested mine since and it is exactly correct.
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Originally Posted by RangerPilot
What's up with the speedo needle? Take some effort?
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