Cluster bulb out?
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Cluster bulb out?
I can't see the 0dometer ( mileage) in the dark. Its very dim and slightly red. Too dim to see the mileage even with the dimmer wheel turned to the brightest setting. Everything else is fine. I pulled the cluster. Oh and thank you DRBones for your dash removal tutorial. It was spot on. So I pulled the cluster and tested every bulb one by one. Everyone of them was fine. I did notice the only one in the vacinity of the odometer was tinted red. I replaced it with a standard 194 bulb figuring it would be brighter. It did not make a bit of difference. Am I missing something here? Do I need to disassemble the cluster to access a hiddedn bulb? Or is this normal to not see your odometer at night? I think not.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Well that'* no fun. How many times do you go out after dark and you need to check the mileage, Like when your going someplace you have never been. If it'* supposed to not be lit up, thats lame. 
I may add my own light. It annoys me that much.
I may add my own light. It annoys me that much.
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Originally Posted by grtpumpkin
Well that'* no fun. How many times do you go out after dark and you need to check the mileage, Like when your going someplace you have never been. If it'* supposed to not be lit up, thats lame. I may add my own light. It annoys me that much.
I may add my own light. It annoys me that much.
but yeah, the lighting is SO useless. Basically it only tells you that the odometer is... there... don't bother reading it
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Mine isn't bright either, but i can see it. I do know when i had my cluster apart and i was looking at it that there was a spare light socket behind the speedo. So i took the bulb from my SES light (that was always on no matter what i did to fix the code" and put it in the spare socket just to see. Man it really helped brighten my speedo. Don't mean to get off topic but i thought you might be interested 
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Anyone ever replaced their cluster lens? I wanted to remove mine in order to clean some schmeg (is that a word?) thats on the inside of the lens. It looks like it'* glued in place and may break if trying to remove it. I will add an LED to shine on the odometer because it bugs me that much. If I can figure out how to upload a picture on this site I will do so.
