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Oldman

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:03 pm

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Can you tell me how to get to the bulbs on the steering wheel? I'm scared I'm going to break something or have the airbag blow up in my face!!
The soldering I can handle.

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:09 pm

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Just pull the button pod straight out. Its not held in with anything but friction. The wires behind are kinda short.

Its not the soldering, its finding cheap LED's.

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Oldman

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:41 pm

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I've got a couple of "donor" radios around. Are the steering wheel controls clear or red?

Thanks,

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:46 pm

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Red. Finally found the pics I was looking for.

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Oldman

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:53 pm

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Thanks again,
would a board from a stereo have any bulbs like these?

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:12 pm

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Doubt it, but I have no idea what stereos you have.

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:16 pm

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Still getting PM'd asking if I still do this. Yes, I do, getting pretty good at it too.

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95SLE

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:02 am

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Any thoughts of using LED's instead of incandescent bulbs?

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Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:06 am

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I know this has been covered, and LED's have so much less resistance that something in the board would be all goofed up unless you used a resistor.

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:26 am

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95SLE wrote:

Any thoughts of using LED's instead of incandescent bulbs?

The whole LED idea has been covered in the tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7188&p=74027

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95SLE

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:59 pm

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harofreak00 wrote:

95SLE wrote:

Any thoughts of using LED's instead of incandescent bulbs?

The whole LED idea has been covered in the tutorial: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7188&p=74027

I just read the tutorial and not the following posts. I think I will stick to just replacing all the bulbs. I have a few that have gone in the 04.

Thanks for helping me out.

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:41 pm

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harofreak00 wrote:

Still getting PM'd asking if I still do this. Yes, I do, getting pretty good at it too.

Still getting PM's, still doing this.

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sm in Georgia

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:27 pm

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harofreak00

This may be a stupid question

but my stereo no longer shows what station it is on or what song etc like it used to. I checked into a new stereo - dealership is like $500, if I get a new radio elsewhere, the steering wheel controls will no longer work. So I just put up with never knowing the station!! Is the issue the bulbs? The radio itself works fine, plays cds and tapes!! Do I have to send the whole radio or does that section pop out?

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Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:51 pm

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I'm sure Andrew will be around to answer this himself, but yes, your bulbs burned out. Andrew can sell you a stock stereo with new bulbs for MUCH less than $500, and your steering wheel controls will still work. I bought one from him a few weeks ago, and it is very nice to have my display back.

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:45 am

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Yes I can help you, PM me for details...

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03brokenSSEI

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:05 pm

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This is an older thread but are you still installing display bulbs? I am interested. I'm working with an 03 Bonneville. I have a blank screen after disconnecting/reconnecting battery terminals but radio/cd still play. I'm thinking maybe the voltage spike from reconnecting the terminals popped the last working bulb on the display...

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maximus21

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:03 pm

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harofreak00 wrote:

Yes I can help you, PM me for details...

Do you still do these?

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sgtmick65

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:59 am

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Do you still replace the bulbs on the A/C heater control module?

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harofreak00

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:13 am

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Yes I do. You can PM me here or email me at andrew.suderman@gmail.com

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redfury

Post subject: Re: I will fix your 2000+ radio display bulbs

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:23 pm

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on the subject of bulbs, can I assume that the DIM has bulbs as well? I haven't looked closely at mine, but it doesn't light up at all in my car, and I haven't seen any other pictures of a lit dash that shows the DIM module. If it is lit, then I'd have to assume it has the same surface mount LED's as the steering wheel controls?

Also, I found 12v SMD style LED's with a good spread in multiple colors on ebay for a decent price. They worked really well in my Cluster light replacement. The hardest part was figuring out the polarity of the circuit for each light.

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