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Old 08-02-2012, 07:27 AM
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like the title says, wondering how to fix that light? its a digital reading, so I assume its not a simple bulb swap, but I'm not sure? I can see the numbers if I'm driving at night and i look REALLY hard, they barely light up at all. Its impossible to see during the day.

so how do i fix this?
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There are three little LEDs with illuminate the LCD which are soldered in to the cluster. Not impossible to but intricate work. I changed mine to blue.

You have pull out the cluster and disassemble it. Do a search there are some write ups out there.
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Here's a write up on how to do it...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...ights-ftw.html
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Originally Posted by crimson_bird
like the title says, wondering how to fix that light? its a digital reading, so I assume its not a simple bulb swap, but I'm not sure? I can see the numbers if I'm driving at night and i look REALLY hard, they barely light up at all. Its impossible to see during the day.

so how do i fix this?
Did you check the fuse? How do your HVAC panel and radio lights look?
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1998 cars still used a standard 194 bulb for the odometer backlight. The LED backlight didn't start getting used until 1999.
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yeah, looks like i just need to fix the bulbs. All of my other lights work perfectly fine, its just that one the odometer lights that have gone out
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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
1998 cars still used a standard 194 bulb for the odometer backlight. The LED backlight didn't start getting used until 1999.
Ditto...



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