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| iankarr |
 Jan 31 2018, 10:15 AM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K  Group: Members Posts: 2,582 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region 
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Hi Guys,
Just finished restoring my gauge cluster and installing the LED upgrade described by Timothy_nd28. Here's the vid... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3xJxEiIlIQ And here's Tim's step by step post... http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=212130&hl= |
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| timothy_nd28 |
Jan 31 2018, 03:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,299 Joined: 25-September 07 From: IN Member No.: 8,154 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Very nicely done and one handed nonetheless! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
I nominate this procedural video for the classic section! Pictures don't do these upgrades any justice, however your video of the gauges being lit up did the trick. Since doing these conversions for other members, I did learn something not good since my original writeup, a electrical short. The flexible LED strip has a sticky adhesive on the back end. For whatever reason, when sticking the LED's inside the gauge can, the bottom of the flexible PCB shorted to the metal. Not taking any chances on future conversions, I have been applying a layer of double sided sticky foamy tape to the interior of the gauge can, then appling the LED strip ontop of this tape. The tape acts as a good electrical insulator and it also doubles as something to grab ahold of any loose light bulbs that happen to fall out of its lamp holder (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| iankarr |
Jan 31 2018, 07:51 PM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,582 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region
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Thanks for the heads up Tim!
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