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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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My top two lights have gone out ("fuel" and "gauges")
Are their individual bulbs behind these or what?
How to replace?
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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by wreakhavoc
My top two lights have gone out ("fuel" and "gauges")
Are their individual bulbs behind these or what?
How to replace?
Mine where out for a while, then one day came back on and have been fine since. For the record unless there is a way to get at the gauges without removing the instrument cluster It's a 6 hour job to get at them and get the dash back together, if you have some billet bezel rings now would be a good time to do em.

You have to take the whole dash center console apart to get to the cluster then who know about changing the light.
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Old Oct 8, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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Bulbs are easy...getting to them is another matter. The cluster has to come out as the DIC controller is screwed into the cluster from behind.
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe0121
Mine where out for a while, then one day came back on and have been fine since. For the record unless there is a way to get at the gauges without removing the instrument cluster It's a 6 hour job to get at them and get the dash back together, if you have some billet bezel rings now would be a good time to do em.

You have to take the whole dash center console apart to get to the cluster then who know about changing the light.
woah...time out....6 hours....thats a bit much....I wouldn't say six...3 maybe if you have never done this job....here is a link to get at the bulbs...once it is out...pretty straight forward...replace old bulbs with new bulbs....new color change is optional.

http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipleddic.html
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 12:22 AM
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No, it doesn't take 6 hours. I haven't done it, but the cluster can be removed by lowering the column a little and of course the associated trim pieces there in front. I removed the whole dash pad to replace my HUD a while back and that job start to finish was 2.5 hours.
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I had my cluster in and out many times it takes me about hour total!

It sure is a PITA as I bulb out now the same DIC top bulb and I now have to spend a hour changing the frikin thing!
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