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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Just finished with putting red LED's in the odometer and now the 100's number in my odometer doesn't display completely. Pretty sure it's supposed to be a 5 but it looks kinda like this:
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I probably need a new odometer. Awesome.

BTW, if you're thinking of doing this mod, the write ups for it are less than adequate.

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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Any ideas?
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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is that 12v led ?
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Old Sep 30, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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Yeah, 3mm 12v LED from radioshack. Lights up nice, but the hundreds place number is messed up somehow.
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