radio backlight
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radio backlight
high i have a 1989 f250 and my radio does'nt light up. i know that the display is working because i can faintly make out what it says when im changing stations. i was wondering if there was a bulb to replace or something but the dials and all for the radio light up just not the display so im wondering if the lcd display backlight is burned out and if so would i be better off just getting a new radio?
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Mine is burnt out also ... it worked dimly when I bought the truck in January. Does the bulb need to be soldered in place?
I just looked in the Haynes ... and it turns out to be as intructionally usefull as the roll of paper hanging on the bathroom wall.
I just looked in the Haynes ... and it turns out to be as intructionally usefull as the roll of paper hanging on the bathroom wall.
Last edited by SilverSport; 11-28-2006 at 09:09 PM.
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All was goin well got the radio out face off. Then i thought you had to turn the bulb and pull out and i did then i realized that the black part was the socket %!@@*& the socket went in the radio and the radio is all spot welded. thought to myself Jason you stupid *&%$ing dumb@$$ but after about 10 minutes i managed to stick something gently but securely in the socket to pull it back up and turn it....sigh i did it... now off to get a bulb
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Just changed mine .... and reduced the red dirt dust in my interior by another 2 oz. .
Radio Shack did not have a bulb to replace the one I pulled out of the radio, they used to have a crapload of different bulbs, but now the don't have crap for bulbs.
Went to NAPA and got a #73 bulb, they said it was a flasher bulb. It is a little shorter and narrower than the one that came out, but works just fine.
My 90 does not need the removal tool, just need a torx T-20 and a medium and small phillips to remove the brackets and screws that hold the faceplate on. Bulb pulls straight out.
Radio Shack did not have a bulb to replace the one I pulled out of the radio, they used to have a crapload of different bulbs, but now the don't have crap for bulbs.
Went to NAPA and got a #73 bulb, they said it was a flasher bulb. It is a little shorter and narrower than the one that came out, but works just fine.
My 90 does not need the removal tool, just need a torx T-20 and a medium and small phillips to remove the brackets and screws that hold the faceplate on. Bulb pulls straight out.