The blue dials look awesome... but I'm left with a big "what if..."
I have some soldering experience, but are the contacts of the smd's near any critical parts of the pcb? Since using scrap yard dials from another mk2 will ruin the mileage, I don't want to be left with a half working dash when I f*ck up a contact.
I agree jhonnyg_vts, one extra reason to visit the forums... ;)

Related to Dash rings: http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94507
I finally found a store which is willing to supply not only the tacho and speedo rings, but also the surrounds for the coolant, fuel and oil gauges as well. The only problem is, they need the exact measurements of those dials.
Since some of you are taking your dials out for soldering, can you please measure up those dials in mm; radius, depth, size etc. (if possible with photo)? Or are there any detailed drawings of the dial layout (with measures), I've already looked all over the net but couldn't find anything.

where bouts can i find leds like those

are the needles stubbern coz iv juts tried to pull them and they a quite difficult i din t wanna keep pullin in case i break them

my dials are fudged now lol. they look great, but they just keep blowing up motors its gay

look through the thread mate i put a link up

the whole unit ie motor or just the needles themselves?? just use 2 spoons either side and lever them up applying the same pressure on each of them, they will come off, you think there going to break but should be ok, mine have been off about 10 times no problems

what keeps blowing exactly??

thanx pred i think i was close but it felt like they were close to breaking :p

Grrrrr!

I CANT get the petrol needle out :| iv tried tweezers its not happening

pull it up a little bit with long nose pliers, then grab in with you finger and thumb and gently pull.



and pred, the rev meter motors for the needle, they keep going all mental

yeah some needle nose pliers should get them off, dont worry about damaging the middle bit you dont see them anyway

ben make sure the needles are pushed in properly and check the wires and plug are all ok

GRRRR!

I canny get it ooot :(
Really startin to piss me off now

use the force son :p

the force is not with me at the moment :(

tweesers and pliers just slide off the pin :(

not trying hard enough boy :p

are you using needle nose pliers??

erm.... Not too sure they are long nosed but not that thin

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO

DONE IT!

see you l8er ppl its gonna be a long nite now :p

lol about bloody time, STOP its head time ;) :p

*BIG sigh*

My soldering iron just burns the solder :|

Is it too powerful or is the solder wank

Think ill be off to maplins tomorow :y:

Martin.

same thing for standard mk1 1.1 dials?

nope, you will have 3 bulbs i think it is that you can change.

how abwt doing it 2 a mk2 saxo desire
the 1 wiv the petrol gauge on the left and collant gauge on the right

all mk2 models are leds., all mk1 models are bulbs i think. its been covered in this thread a few times.

as said there bulbs most likely, they twist and pull out, also you will have to replace the dial faces due to them having a green filter on them, which you cant get off, so its eitehr lockwood dials with some blue bulbs or some plasma dials, theres a group buy on them too :y:

i aksed about the plasma dials, are they a straight swap simple as and will they fit, thing the ones like mine with light changes look a litle takey imo you agree? have green neons in car so if change them to green will i have to remove the green filter

Almost finished my dials execept 1 fukin LED will not work (which knocks 2 others out in the serise)

I've de-soldered it 4 times and used 4 other LEDs and all the other LEDs I've done are fine...I dont know what it cud be and i dont know what to do :S

Plz help

yeah mate plasmas are simple to install, and should go straight in, have you contacted the bloke that does them??

the dials are already green arent they lol

did you not which way they went before you took them out, as they only work one way, the cut off on the corner determines the positive side

you mush have done somethign when soldering the back of the unit and now its blowing motors

have u got the led round the right way?



wow this thread is on 18 pages never thought it would be that much when i first made the guide

well steve its because your so amazing, yueah there green but not very fluresant, there pretty dim if that makes sence? can get a pic if you want?

so what colour are you wanting them??

well the green plasma me thinks if i can afford it, if not a nice green bord so gna get a pic lol of what they look like atm lmao,. woot out in boxers again pmsl @D

well ok ive never checked them in he dark before, never been out at night as not passed test, and the buggers dont fooking work why not? all the lights work other then behind the dials, just hoping that its a loose connection, and not be stupid turned twisted and pulled everything, they come on dont they when i put my lights on?

heres all i coul see, sorry for quality was shaking as i was freezing ma tits of!!!

there is a dimmer switch you know, think its the one on the left if you keep pressing it it will get brighter :y:

im being stupid and shit lazy know but were abouts??? is that all it is then?

well the knob that sticks out to change the time you can press in, could be that mate, probablies a good chance it is, have they always been like that??

well like said never taken her out in dark as i havnt passed, thing is i was going to do this mod and attempted to take dials out but couldnt unplug em, think i may have loosed the conenction? or would that switch them all of?, ryt gona go in2 my car, at nyt, in dar, in boxers, and fidle with little nobs

right im back, had 2 nobs, one was to put milage counter to 0000000000, thats all it would do, the other only did the clock, i twisted, pushed pulled and all it would do is the clock, hoping now i just loosened the connecxtion!!

try the right hand one, you have to have the ignition on or the car started iirc

had egnition on, not started would wake everybody up, will try again 2mo the 2 i found i tried everythign with em and nout happened grr ffs lol

ill check too mate, im surer the engine needs to be started, if it doesnt work then be best to take them out to clean the bulbs or replace them and also clean the dials

the plasma ones hould fit in your car mate, and also you can have them green and also blue