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24th March 2007, 13:32
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try and get a needle tip soldering iron as it was a bit of a pain with the one i was using as it had a big head
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ok yeh, I think he has a flat tip to his so I might need to smuggle one out of college to do it
Was the LED a direct replacement?
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24th March 2007, 13:36
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yeah mate u have to get SMD PLCC-2 LEDs they are a direct replacement and look like this:
the end that has the corner notched is the positive side, make sure u put the new leds on in the correct way round. here are some on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-SMD-SMT-PLC...QQcmdZViewItem
there were 10 sets on that ebay link earlier, its now down to 2 lol must have had a few poeple buy them off here
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24th March 2007, 13:38
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might tell u in the hand book in the service pack what the squence is
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It says press the second dash button to change the brightness. I always wondered what that button did!!
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24th March 2007, 13:41
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Originally Posted by dannyjay
It says press the second dash button to change the brightness. I always wondered what that button did!!
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to adjsut the brightsness u have to have the engine running and side lights on and then push the second button
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24th March 2007, 14:26
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hey up mate i have just been down to maplins and they say they dont do any lights like these with this code. is there any other codes?
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24th March 2007, 14:28
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hey up mate i have just been down to maplins and they say they dont do any lights like these with this code. is there any other codes?
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what do u mean code? i never gave a code there SMD PLCC-2 LEDs but i dont have a code for them, they dont have them on the maplins website so not all stores might not stock them i jsut walked into my maplins and asked for some. u can get some on ebay if not
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-SMD-SMT-PLC...QQcmdZViewItem
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24th March 2007, 14:31
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ok mate i went in and asked for smd plcc 2 and the bloke just looked at me wierd. maybe they dont do them in my store. i will have to buy off ebay instead
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24th March 2007, 14:33
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only 2 left on ebay so u wana be qick
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24th March 2007, 15:01
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so you no all the littl clips on the back there must be at least 50 you dont need to unclip them lol???????
bet theres only about 10 or summit i was trying to unclip all the little ones and thought thats far too hard, are the clips just round the edge???
EDIT one set on abay now lol, im gonna do my mileometer maybe even make the needles glow a different colour, they will probablies turn out purple lol
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24th March 2007, 15:17
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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR
so you no all the littl clips on the back there must be at least 50 you dont need to unclip them lol???????
bet theres only about 10 or summit i was trying to unclip all the little ones and thought thats far too hard, are the clips just round the edge???
EDIT one set on abay now lol, im gonna do my mileometer maybe even make the needles glow a different colour, they will probablies turn out purple lol
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yeah u jsut need to do the clips around the outside and the 2 biggest ones in the middle of the circuit board
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24th March 2007, 15:26
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awsome mate
tempted to try this how bright are they
and can you see the milometer clearley from the pics it looks like you cant but may just be the angle of pics
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24th March 2007, 15:29
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great steve my smd leds are on there way
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24th March 2007, 15:31
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Originally Posted by hesslevtr
awsome mate
tempted to try this how bright are they
and can you see the milometer clearley from the pics it looks like you cant but may just be the angle of pics
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you can set the brightness mate using the 2 buttons on the clocks, read above as i put how to do it.
as for the millage display you can see it fine it looks like this:
but in this pics it looks bright but its like the above pic
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24th March 2007, 15:39
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nice steve, been wanting to do my digital bit for ages but could never find the right leds, ill rep you when i can mate
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24th March 2007, 15:45
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Anyone got another link where to purchase them.
Need more than 1 set of 10 as pred got the last nabs
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24th March 2007, 15:49
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Anyone got another link where to purchase them.
Need more than 1 set of 10 as pred got the last nabs
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muhahahaha ill probablies only need about 7 or 8 of them
2 for digital bit and 1 each fo the needles (might, might not) and a few warning lights
best thing to do is ask him if he has any more, also some white ones on there, they might be interesting
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24th March 2007, 15:56
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Yea i did think white also.
Shall see lol, i'll ask him if he has more.
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24th March 2007, 15:57
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yeah ask him if he has any more, there are others on ebay but cost more
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-x-BLUE-RED-...QQcmdZViewItem
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24th March 2007, 16:10
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cheers ste i did see the bit out of the dash and could see the milage when there you cant see it from pics so must be the angle
i know how to adjust them
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24th March 2007, 16:11
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I ment the code for the leds from maplins
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