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YOUR RESEARCHinstrument panel illumination?
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Suggestion · Original poster
I tried to search from the forums and someone has done this at least to a 944 but has someone changed the illumination in a 996 by using LED's?
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Suggestion · Original poster
I tried to search from the forums and someone has done this at least to a 944 but has someone changed the illumination in a 996 by using LED's?
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Hello,
I tried to search from the forums and someone has done this at least to a 944 but has someone changed the illumination in a 996 by using LED's?
If so, what kind of LED's have You used in the conversion and how much of a trouble it is to get the instrument cluster out from the dashboard and get it refitted?
I don't know what kind of bulbs to use, but getting to them is pretty easy. See below:
90 25 1St Removing and installing instrument cluster
Removal
1. DisconnE~ct the battery and cover terminal or
battery.
2. Switch on the hazard warning light switch (button
comes out). On the sides of the button,
thete are small openings that project beyond
the dashboard insert. Insert two small screwdrivers
into the openings and pull off the button
(A) toward the front.
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3. Unclip the collar from the dashboard insert.
The hazard warning light switch (8) is held in
the dashboard insert by two locking hooks.
Press the right locking hook toward the
switch, grip the button holder with a pair of
pliers amj pull out the switch toward the front.
4. Undo 5.0 x 30 Torx screw on the dashboard
insert.
5. Pull off plug on the left side and undo the
5.0 x 30 Torx screw. Un clip the dashboard insert
and disconnect the electrical plug connections.
Note
If the vehicle is equipped with a "handsfree telephone",
disconnect the microphone plug connection
instead of the dummy plug. 96-507
6. Detach the instrument cluster from the
dashboard insert and remove it.
90 -1 90 25 19 Removing and installing instrument cluster
Printed in Germany -4, 1997 996901
Removing and installing bulb for instrument cluster
Note
1.2 and 1.5 watt bulbs can be removed and
installed without opening the rear side of
the instrument cluster.
If the instrument cluster is open, interior 1.5
and 3 watt bulbs can be removed from and
installed in the display unit in the same order
of procedure.
Disassembling and assembling instrument
cluster: Servo No. 90 25 37. 1. Removing and installing instrument cluster:
Servo No. 90 25 19.
2. Undo the bulb holder with a small
crewdriver (bayonet lock). .. .,
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Installation
1. Install a new bulb (bayonet lock),
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2. Assemble or install the instrument cluster
and perform a function test. 3. Take out the faulty bulb. The bulb and bulb
holder make up one spare part.
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