I found red's that match perfect...

Oh...and on the "I get one to turn off and the other turns on..."...you have them installed the wrong way with the polarity switched. Take them off and turn them over. One corner is notched...that's the neg. of the LED.

RH

 

I bought all he had on eBay with that mcd level. Hang on and I'll PM you a link.

RH

 

It wasnt the polarity of the led's. I was very careful about that and made a diagram before I even unsoldered/resoldered any led.

 

Never got your pm btw.

 

Which LED's are giving you problems.

With the exception of a few in the HVAC that are sideways...I think all the negative's (the corner with the "nick" go towards the bottom of the board.

Sorry about the link...I sometimes suck at the internet...lol.

RH

 

Which reds matched perfectly? And also, I was looking for the link that shows how to do the message center. Any help please?

 

I found the message center thread (right under this one haha) my bad.

 

Didn't you hit me up about doing these for you over on S197?

RH

 

Well I said I wanted to do it. I didnt say I wanted to pay anyone. I have a tight budget

I know how to solder....i can do it acceptably anyway. Plus I like to do work myself if I can.

 

LOL...I hear ya.

PM me on S197's...I do work on tight budgets...lol.

RH

 

Ok...so how do you get the headlight **** out of the switch without breaking it??

RH

 

Sorry I overlooked your question. I picked it up at the shack in a pinch. I would recommend anyone looking to do the headlight switch get a really high MCD value. As far as the resistor you can calculate what you need by using ohms law:

R=V/I (resistance = Voltage of LED / rated current of LED)

There are also several calculators online for this very purpose. Like this one.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...=/led_info.htm

 

Any advice here?

RH

 

Great write-up Deric, thank you!!!

I just finished my blue lights, they look great! I went back and read and see what you did for the radio lens, but didn't see what you guys are doing for the auto tranny gear indicator lights??? Any ideas? I took mine apart and the numbered lens itself is tinted green.

 

Has anyone done other colors other than red or blue (both awesome, btw)? Was thinking of a R/W/B, but worried it may look busy
, any thoughts?

 

My blue ones, excuse the crappy pics:

 

I have a friend looking to do red LED's but wants white gauge needles. Thought I'd throw out the following links to anyone interested. These are white needles, but I guess it might be possible to dye the plastic to any color desired as well.

http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com/US-...ED-043/578052/


http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/de...1&apwidzMnF4p1

 

Needles are usually clear with the back surface painted whatever color it uses. That is how the light transfers through the needle. It is left clear at the pivot center of the cack of the needle to allow light transfer from the cluster. It is very easy to polish or fine sand the paint off the back of the needle, then paint just the back of the exposed pointer a flat white(not the base pivot under the pivot cap).

I did this mod for the Mustang cluster I swapped into my 1984 Tbird to finish off the dash swap. The needles are now a blue turquoise in spirit of classic Tbird theme. They used to be orange. The flash is washing this out a bit.

 

Good to know, thanks. You just saved my friend $70.

 

Got around to making a new radio lens to replace the green. Cut some plexiglass scribing it with a razor over and over, beveled both of the long edges by hand using a sanding block and some 220 grit, then 400 grit, then plastic polish, then boiled it in Rit Liquid Royal Blue fabric dye for 1 hr 45 mins, stirring it and flipping it ~ every 10 mins I used 2 cups water and 4 tablespoons of dye to start, then added more as necessary, gradually increasing the concentration of dye. I think I ended up using 5 cups water and 13 tablespoons of dye: