Re: [Amc-list] Replacing dashboard light?

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Oh, note to novices, not you Tom, you know better, I think, uh maybe...
Remove ALL metallic objects from fingers, wrists and your three elbows!
Having any thing metal, especially nice highly conductive gold come in contact with hot wiring behind the dash can be very unpleasant!!!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Bruce Griffis wrote:
> 
> > So, I'm thinking it's probably just a light behind the dash somewhere.
> > How do I figure which light is for the speedometer / dashboard? How do
> > I get at it? I don't have to do anything goofy like remove the
> > dashboard, do I?
> 
> Lay on the seat with your head on the hump. Slide in so that your head 
> is resting uncomfortably on the pedals. Small 2 AA cell Magligt helps 
> here. Stare at the backside of the dusty gauce cluster PC board and 
> figure out which ones are NOT dash illumination. (eg. GEN and OIL.) Then 
> use the arm you have with three elbows and take each one out and replace 
> them.
> 
> You do have three elbows, right?
> 
> I'm serious about the proceedure otherwise.
> 
> Another way to this is to get your head under there with a ligt and 
> simply stare at everything, then slouched onto the hump, rech your arm 
> under and swap bulbs by feel. THats what I do most of the time. (THe 
> ones to the far side fo the connector are turn signal and upper left 
> llunination, etc.)
> 
> I strongly suggest changing every single bulb -- the funcioning ones are 
> certainly old and metallized inside (the filaments evaporate and grey 
> the glass, and just how many times do you want to do this job??!!
> 
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