So last night I was driving my hilux home and the dash lights just turned off.
I have checked the fuses and they are fine, the bulb has blown.
Anyone got and handy hints on how to change these?
also "the blub has blown" ??????????????????????????????????? BULB!? I don't know about hiluxes but all my cars have had many many bulbs lighting up my dash and for all of them to blow at once suggests a fault somewhere. I'd check that out before changing them.
To change them it's usually similar on all cars. Remove a bunch of screws holding the shroud on, sometimes a facia panel too. Remove a bunch of screws holding the instrument cluster in, pull it out slightly, reach behind it & disconnect all the plugs (and speedo cable if it's a cable driven speedo).
When putting the new bulbs in I try not to touch the glass with my bare fingers, though I don't know if it really matters for those 5 - 10w ones you put in dashboards but better to be safe than have to pull my dash apart again.
Also don't be tempted by those fancy LED dash lights, they're shit. I've tried a few different ones and they're all useless. Standard bulbs > LED's.
also "the blub has blown" ??????????????????????????????????? BULB!? I don't know about hiluxes but all my cars have had many many bulbs lighting up my dash and for all of them to blow at once suggests a fault somewhere. I'd check that out before changing them.
To change them it's usually similar on all cars. Remove a bunch of screws holding the shroud on, sometimes a facia panel too. Remove a bunch of screws holding the instrument cluster in, pull it out slightly, reach behind it & disconnect all the plugs (and speedo cable if it's a cable driven speedo).
When putting the new bulbs in I try not to touch the glass with my bare fingers, though I don't know if it really matters for those 5 - 10w ones you put in dashboards but better to be safe than have to pull my dash apart again.
Also don't be tempted by those fancy LED dash lights, they're shit. I've tried a few different ones and they're all useless. Standard bulbs > LED's.
Bulbs*
cheers, I was thinking about those LEDs, or putting one of those LED strips behind it.
Timmeh, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your alternator has passed away. It has sadly ceased to be. Forever gone. It has expired and gone to meet it's maker. It is a late alternator. It's resting in peace. This is an ex-alternator.
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
I'd strip all the wires from the stereo area in that case, something made the fuse blow and the dome fuse also protects that circuit, seeing as you couldn't get it to work and then that fuse blew I'd be looking in that area.
I've not tried a LED strip, lots of LED's close together would probably actually work quite well if you're willing to take the entire cluster to bits to change them.
I'm lazy and seeing as how a replacement cluster for my car is probably quite expensive I'm not gonna fuck with it. I can show you the results of my LED shenanigans if you want. I've probably not tried every single LED light out there so there's a good chance there might be one that works well. I just find them too directional and they light up spots on my cluster, and other spots are dark.