04 vette hvac bulb replacement help
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04 vette hvac bulb replacement help
I'm going to try & replace all the bulbs in my HVAC dual control panel. Do i have to have a desoldering tool? I have seen most of the post on here about this. Any help would be appreciated.
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hopefully i wont burn the car to the ground
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Desoldering tool helps a lot to insure you have a clean hole for inserting the new lamp. Use a soldering iron no greater than 35watt so you hopefully won't burn the board.
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I was able to complete the job without a desoldering gun & would not recommend ever doing this job without one..HAHA. What a pain. Took me 3 1/2 hours.Finished the job & forgot one bulb. DANG!! Looks a million times better.
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Glad to hear you got it fixed. You don't need a special tool, you should be able to buy solder wick. IIRC, that is what we used when I worked for a defense subcontractor.
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Wouldn't have been able to do such a job without all the GREAT write ups on the Forum.
