How to replace LED bulbs in 2003 - 2007 GM full size gauge cluster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2019
- In this video I show how to replace all dim burnt out stock gauge cluster bulbs. I show all the positive negative polarity at each connection. .........and watch to the end, I reposition and angle the bulbs and see if it makes the back light more even.
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Thank you so much! Unlike some other videos, you took the time to share the polarity of the light bulb / LED pads. The other guys are selling their $2 of LEDs for $30+ and only providing the data once you buy. You saved me a bunch of time! I used the same modules you did, but trimmed the leads very short. I've found with LEDs that their throw distance is important - they have a narrower beam and backing them up as much as possible helps even out the glow.
Thanks, glad it helped. Thanks for the comment and advice. Yes, I was thinking I should have shortened the leads, and then ended up bending them down and back. Thanks again.
Thanks again for breaking down the polarity of the bulbs! It took many videos to get that help
Glad it helped!
Man your a life saver doing a buddy's cluster and i couldn't remember how i did it last time
Glad it helped!
This helped me greatly! Much thanks. Funny thing is I was angling the bulbs right before you started angling yours. Just looked like it wouldn’t shine correctly. Thanks again!
Glad it helped, thanks for the comment!
@@ucanduitdude2317 it’s my sons truck. I finished it shortly after my first comment. You laying out the positive side helped the job go much faster and it works perfectly. He’s got an 04 but it’s the same. He bought some blue ones that are really bright and they light up the whole thing much better.
Finally someone did this thank you
You're welcome. Hope it helped!
Not yet but it's about to I'm getting ready to do the stepper motors and some led upgrades while I have it apart
So I did the deed and the leds are awesome sauce but the gauges aren't working still replaced all the stepper motors with the x27 updates and reflowed all the resistors with new solder no luck
Thanks for all your detail and thorough explaination in this video. I understand that the turn signal and cruise control lamps are short duty cycle lamps. That said, is there any problem using LED lamps to replace those three lamps? Did you check polarity for the turn signal and Cruie control lamps?
Good video thanks for the info
Thanks, hope it helped.
Top tip. connect direct to the battery from your desk so you don't have to do half the crap in the truck.
Thanks! Excellent tip, I should have done that!
I wish I could find this video in Spanish for my husband .I hit and took a curb and only my miles (odometer)and my G shifts lights went dark I can't see nothing 🙄 I'm trying to fix it I think this will be the solution.
just finished replacing my stepper motors, and used the led lights that came in the kit i bought. after everything was reinstalled back into the truck, i noticed all the lights are working, but they are not near bright enough. do you have a link on where you purchased your led's?
Sorry about the delayed response, I was away for the Memorial Day Weekend. These are the bulbs I put in.... rebrand.ly/LED-Gauge-White-Gauge-Cluster-Bulbs
So clear
Thanks bro
My friend thanks for your time and your video, I try to check the LEDs but your link does not work, can you check it and give me the correct link for the LEDs please??
Can i take out the battery led bulb? Would it affect anything else if I do?
I want the same up grade we're did you get it
I have a question.
Can i buy a new cluster for my chevy silverado, one that comes with LED already, without it messing anything up with my truck? like the mileage and all that
Unless you have someone clone the chip from your current inst panel, you'll loose VIN and odometer, and possibly some functions.
You didn't have to use resistors for those LED's? I noticed a few people say they require resistors if they aren't already built into the LED. One guy said they didn't last without the resistors.
I was thinking most LED's had the resistors built in? The ones we installed are still working good.
@@ucanduitdude2317 Good to hear, I ordered the same ones (or at least they appear to be the same). Thanks for the quick reply!
When you look closely at the back of these bulbs you can see a tiny resistor.
@leedek66 you are correct, after receiving the ones I ordered, they have a resistor built in, visible on the backside. The LED's I swapped in all burnt out within 6 months.
Can you please show the link to where you purchased those led lights
Look at the X27 168, GM Instrument Kit, it has more than you need (stepper motors, leds, and a soldering iron), but it's only about $31
Sorry, in Amazon
hey I got a question, do you have to use that resin core when soldering? does it matter what i use?
Yes, I always use rosin core solder for electronic connections.
Acid core solder, like what's used for radiator repair, will corrode electronic joints. I t may not happen quickly but over time the joint will fail. Always us rosin (flux) core solder for anything electronic/electrical.
The screws are 7mm.
What about the light that show which gear your in is very Dim
What can it be if I tired to install led lights and none of them work all other lights work except for the ones in the middle the white area.
I'm not sure, unless the polarity is opposite?
Yours silver cluster looks modern lol
Thanks, I got that off eBay a few years ago, and also the gauge bezel with the chrome trim.
What year model is this board
This is in a 2003 Silverado.
I have a 2006 GMC Sierra
Does your cluster make noise
No, my cluster doesn't make any noise.
Which stepper motors are those
I bought them off eBay a few years ago. I can't remember what brand they were?
@@ucanduitdude2317 mine are new and noisy all mine I have had make noise
Ugh they just had to be solder in bulbs didn't they ugh!