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Originally Posted by TheMeaningOfLife
Where do you put the LEDs for the glow needles i dont see a place to put them. What all has to come off.
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the best way to put it is everything has to come apart in this order
back cover
front "glass"
circut board
front gauge face ( slowlly pry it and let th glue release work al the way around slowly it is only plastic )
remove the gauge "motors" label them (don't know if it matters but i did"
drill #12 holes at 9/3 and 12 o'clock then go and redrill # 33 hole ( .116 ) 3mm leds are .115 and drill the hole on the small gauges at 3 o clock. ( looking from the back ).
place the leds in the holes ( conecting them in series + - + - .... ) solder the leds together the final result should be three leds in a circle about the size of a AA batery. with a positive and negitive lead.
take a hack saw blade and put two groves in the plastic around the gauge "motor" so there is a place to run the wires.
after pressing in the leds.and pushing the wires in the dished area. take hot glue and glue the leds in and cover the wires with glue to insulate them from the gauge "motor". contiue till all 4 gauges are done. then solder a resistor (220 ohm 1/4 watt for 3 leds) to the positive side of the series curcit. then chain all the curcits together and come out of the cluster at the bottom center. using hot glue to attach the wires.
i recomend testing the leds thru out the process to make sure that every thing is working. i use a power wheels charger as my 12 volt power.
for those who don't know the neg side of an led is the short lead or the flat side of the led base.