This brings up another question: how do I test to see if my LED is
good or bad?

Jim

On Aug 21, 2006, at 2:59 PM, bob bob wrote:

> now that the subject has been brought up....
>
> i have a blown LED in my instrument panel, and the guy at the
> dealership looked at me like i had eight heads when i souhgt a
> replacement....
>
> anyone have a  suggestion as to where i can find a replacement LED?
>
> don p.
> 84 westy
> carolina ri
>
> Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: Thanks, good thinking. I
> will follow your suggestions as soon as I
> can. Does the blinker module (which one is that) also run the dash
> LED? My blinkers are working, and I know they are on because i can
> hear the click, click click.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2006, at 10:45 AM, John Bange wrote:
>
>>> Today I swapped out that instrument console for yet another one I'd
>>> collected. Now EVERYTHING works EXCEPT the turn signal indicator
>>> LED.
>>>
>>> Is that LED a common problem? Should I be looking for the wiring
>>> somewhere else?
>>
>> Well, my original "no tach for you! Only clock!" instrument cluster
>> had a bad oil pressure LED (no wonder the PO thought it had no oil
>> pressure issues), and if you take apart the housing that holds them,
>> you find that the LEDs are in slip-in connections. They're a little
>> hard to get to, but they're easily replaced. This leads me to believe
>> that they are considered a replaceable failure item, albeit a fairly
>> uncommon one. But if you have it not working on TWO clusters, I'd say
>> go ahead and pull the main connector for the dash module and make
>> sure
>> it's working at that point before futzing with that stupid flimsy
>> blue
>> plastic circuit. Near as I can figure without chasing lines all over
>> the Bentley wiring diagram, the Blue-with-Red wire provides an
>> intermittent ground path for that LED in time with the blinker. An
>> ohm
>> meter between that and chassis ground should give you an idea if it's
>> working (for the sake of the meter check with it set to volts first,
>> on the off chance I'm an idiot and it provides 12v, not ground;
>> wouldn't be the first time I've misread a wiring diagram). Also check
>> the mechanical condition of that pin on the connector, make sure it
>> can make good contact with the folded over plastic foil sheet thing.
>> If all that seems OK, then I'd check the LED.
>> --
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>>
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