real to get to the old one out and new one in.10 D4 Bali Blue
FBH Controller
Goodyear Duratracs
raised air intake
30mm spacers all round
3rd Jan 2016 5:00 pm
Sly666
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 459
Arh thanks, I sussed it out.
I didnt have one of those bulbs spare so i converted it to LED by dissecting an old led interior light i had.
Looks quite good now.
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3rd Jan 2016 5:18 pm
cornishpirate
Member Since: 04 Sep 2014
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 168
very nice.
i guess there a 'how to' coming 10 D4 Bali Blue
FBH Controller
Goodyear Duratracs
raised air intake
30mm spacers all round
3rd Jan 2016 5:40 pm
MarkOne
Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
I like this, need to be doing this, what bulb and how difficult was it?
3rd Jan 2016 6:41 pm
Sly666
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 459
Not really a "how to", but i had several of these 501 LED bulbs knocking about. They came from ebay about £5 for 10 i think.
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I un-soldered the end LED then un-soldered one of the four side LED's.
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Using the existing 130ohm current limiting resister inside the LED i attached this to one of the LED's using some small gauge wire.
I removed the old bulb, the cut the wires on the back to remove the bulb housing.
I fitted my LED using Araldite glue, with the wires passing up the hole where the bulb housing used to be, then soldered these to the correct pins in the back of the socket.
LED's are polarity sensitive. The positive pin is the end pin of the two for the bulb.
3rd Jan 2016 9:57 pm
MarkOne
Member Since: 23 Jul 2011
Location: County Antrim
Posts: 3345
I'll be having a bash at this, I've plenty of 501's kicking about. Love a cheap mod
3rd Jan 2016 11:29 pm
Sly666
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 459
Unsoldering the end LED is a bit tricky. Your need a fine tipped iron and a solder sucker pump.
Make sure you re-use the resistor in the 501 LED otherwise it will flash in a puff of smoke when you put 12v on it.
4th Jan 2016 12:23 am
Landy_andy
Member Since: 05 May 2013
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 676
But what's the repair if your not an electronic wizz? New surround, or can bulb be changed?
Andy
4th Jan 2016 10:31 am
Sly666
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 459
See earlier post by cornishpirate.
The bulb is push fit but very tight.
You can actually buy an LED version of the T5 286 bulb. I only did this mod as I was too lazy to put it all back together while waiting for some bulbs to arrive and was board on a rainy Sunday!
4th Jan 2016 12:54 pm
Redgull
Member Since: 30 Aug 2013
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 1127
how do you get to the bulb??
29th Nov 2016 9:53 pm
Sly666
Member Since: 15 Dec 2014
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 459
Remove the steering column cowling top and bottom.
29th Nov 2016 9:58 pm
Redgull
Member Since: 30 Aug 2013
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 1127
And the bulb is deffo removeable
29th Nov 2016 10:03 pm
Dazz360
Member Since: 03 Sep 2016
Location: West Mids Walsall
Posts: 871
I done the same the bulb is a pain
I used some forceps, the bulbs have a green rubber cover on that can be removed and reused but if you get a green led or you don't mind a white light Metal auto sump & fluid change (3 hrs)
LR door puddle projectors (10 mins)
Tinted Bonnet wind deflector (10 mins)
All Intercooler pipes and Tbolts (2hrs)
3 injectors replaced so far (30mins)
Sunroof drain pipes both sides 2.5 hrs)
Rear discs, shoes,pads,callipers,flexi hoses, rigid brake line, n/s upper hub carrier bush and rear n/s upper arm (13hrs over 2 days)
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to get to the old one out and new one in.
