What size and color LED is that?

 

Has anyone else done the LED conversion?

 

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I would strive to put an LED in there.
To put in an LED - you may need to put a resistor in series.

The LED will have a max current rating of so many ma's milliamps and this rating must be respected.

E=I*R

R = E/I

If E is 13.8 volts and I is .022 (for 22 ma)

R = 13.8 / .022

630 OHM resistor

Color code on resistors is
B B R O Y G B V G
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Green Violet Brown I think..


Ah well here is a guide

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...55123115,d.cGE

 

I can't get the clock out.
Where to put the two thin credit cards under?
And how far back?

I have green LEDs and a resistor and am ready to install
An LED

 

You push the cards above the clock/central lock assembly. They go pretty far back and it takes some wiggling around. It will eventually start to slide out and you can pull in out from there.

 

 

Did you ever do this?

 

YES I did get that clock out.
Many many thanks.
I just put in a little 1.2w Orsam bulb.
I did not make the LED bulb with the resistor.

The clock - is a bear to get out.
You need two credit cards but a bit thinner and you need to wedge them in
bending the clock frame a bit and the dash plastic.
And you need to convince the clock to slide out with a thin screwdriver.

The lamp is not soldered in. Just a typical dash lamp which is put in by turning it counter clockwise 1/2 a turn and the lamp pops out.

Once done the clock pops back in easy.

 

I was going to try the LED in hopes of not having to replace it again but I don't want to go through the trouble of making a circuit with a resistor. Did Street Wolf use a resistor in his?