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| mystro |
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hi bought some ebay green dash leds for my fairmont ,anyway they dont light up sh i t and the only time you can tell when they are working is when you unplug them,
any one had this drama before? cheers |
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| mystro |
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just figured it out with a multimeter they are polarity sensitive
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| Disco Frank |
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hahah you idiot
remember LED = light emitting diode a diode only lets power one way ie a 1 way valve for electricity
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| mystro |
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i feel like a worse idiot this morning
 one of the little metal tabs from the cheap assed ebay led fuk n came of and shorted out the cluster. for any body who want to know fairmont and falcon cluster circuit boards arent the same even though everything swaps over  also found out that the some a ss hole pulled the oil light and abs light out . and the oil light is on c un t you know who you are if you done it while you ownd it. |
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heres where it shorted
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Disco Frank wrote: hahah you idiot remember LED = light emitting diode a diode only lets power one way ie a 1 way valve for electricity believe it or not i should know better 
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| hickmanioz |
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green is a commondore dash colour!
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| mystro |
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whats wrong with a commodores they are great for scrap .
it looks good the parts that work anyway .... |
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| mystro |
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to anyone who wants to know xbox case doesnt work as a green filter.
commodore green filter  : it wouldnt be the first gm part in my car.
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| mystro |
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fairmonts are not sposed to have a oil lamp in they have a gauge. this just proves how dumb i am it amasing what an owners manual can tell yer . |
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| sookywawa |
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are fairmont bulbs T5 or T10 sorry to hijack the thread mystro
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| mystro |
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sookywawa wrote: are fairmont bulbs T5 or T10 sorry to hijack the thread mystro its alright threads dead anyway... dont know sorry i just got ones of ebay for my car for $18 posted you need to snap out the lights from your old holders |
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Hey Mystro,
I got the blues ones for my dash......pain in the butt to install...... Did you have trouble with your 2 x right and left outer leds....when i installed mine they sat too high and push on the plastic plating and the gauges wouldnt work properly. Had to do some hacking etc etc but all in all it worked ok and im pretty sure there T10`s Funniest thing happenend when i tried to update this post to the forums from work....its attached I said Pain the A** thought it was hilarious as im the webmarshal administrator for the institute i work for
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| mystro |
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dannyye wrote: Hey Mystro, I got the blues ones for my dash......pain in the butt to install...... Did you have trouble with your 2 x right and left outer leds....when i installed mine they sat too high and push on the plastic plating and the gauges wouldnt work properly. Had to do some hacking etc etc but all in all it worked ok and im pretty sure there T10`s Funniest thing happenend when i tried to update this post to the forums from work....its attached I said Pain the A** thought it was hilarious as im the webmarshal administrator for the institute i work for it was a fuggin nightmare until i nutted out the multi meter. see photos here http://www.fordmods.com/interior-modifications-f14/dash-not-working-t74486.html |
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| falcon_3512003 |
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why dont you guys just make your own leds the ebay ones are sh it i made and sold over 200 sets of leds for ef el and sold them on ebay ages ago with no one haveing any probs at all but these new ebay ones seem to be s**t from what iv herd i ges thats cheep inport stuff for ya
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