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Subject:high beam indicator sucks
From:Kevin Sullivan
Date:Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:37:43 +0000

Was wondering if other owners have trouble with a dim 'blue LED'
high beam indicator light as I did on my '87. I'd forget it was on
and end up blinding someone coming in the opposite direction many
times.

I decided to replace it with one of those newer 'high brightness blue
LEDs' and when I took apart the instrument cluster I found it wasn't
really an LED but a little incandescent hiding behind a little
'dummy' LED.

The new one did work, maybe too good since I am thinking of tearing
back into the dash and change out the resistor value that sits in
series with the light so it won't be too bright.

Kevin Sullivan
87 westy syncro
Santa Cruz, CA

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