Dash Bulb Part Number

ok...this may be a good one to stump the regulars.....i am looking for the part number or size/name of the bulbs that backlight the gauges in the instrament panel? I have been searching for awile with no luck....here is what i am up to lol....when i had my honda civic the gauge faces i had kina blended into the numbers at night. To correct this what i did per NR guages rep. was slip some bulb covers over the lights to change the color of the backlight. i want to try this in my TB to see what i can do with the number color next to my NR gauges white face setup. if i can go to blue i am going to get the blue/satin needles from USSpeedo...i think blue would look good with the blue exterior. here is the link i was looking at with the bulb covers and the decription they give for sizes

http://www.isspro.com/products.php?cat=11&PHPSESSID=07442416a3fc9056b31e1044f9167d36

Thanks in advance for the help now i will set this question free to let the wolves have it......game on!!

I THINK those are just LED lights in our trucks. They SHOULD not be hard to replace with any color, but thats just me saying that because I am comfortable with soldering and such... :m2:

the dude at NR Gauges said they are standard bulbs instead of LED's that most other vehicles now use.....he just didnt give me a part number or size

the dude at NR Gauges said they are standard bulbs instead of LED's that most other vehicles now use.....he just didnt give me a part number or size
I could swear that I saw a pic of one of those cluters "out" but still hooked up, I thought they were LEDs, but like I said, I could be wrong...

i could be too...i am going off someone elses info.....hopfully someone out here will know :confused:

Well damn, where is everyone? :laugh:

hope thay arent thinkin i am gonna steal something else :undecided ...dont worry guys, i sold the wheels back to Mojoe at a great price ;)

I don't have a clue either, but I do like what jallshouse has up his sleeve!!!! Post pics if, or should I say when,you pull this one off(especially pics at night)Sounds really cool to me :cool: :) Nice 'coon ya' got there,I love him! ;)

it really changed the look of my civic...oops i spelled it backwards....civic...thats better....anyway hopfully i can pull it off, i am bored with my night look, need something new.

thanks, aint he cute :D

it really changed the look of my civic...oops i spelled it backwards....civic...thats better....anyway hopfully i can pull it off, i am bored with my night look, need something new.

thanks, aint he cute :D
I must really say though, that about 99.9999% of all the racoons that I have seen that close to a truck tire,have been UNDER the tires, not on top of them,if you get my drift :D Also known as "streetpizza"...

LOL...but what you cant see are the lug nuts laying all over the ground!!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :cool:

I must really say though, that about 99.9999% of all the racoons that I have seen that close to a truck tire,have been UNDER the tires, not on top of them,if you get my drift :D Also known as "streetpizza"...


LOL...but what you cant see are the lug nuts laying all over the ground!!
PERFECT, thats what we can call your avatar..... Raccoon's Revenge!! :laugh:

Good one,Jman423!!!! :laugh:

this is unreal.....i never thought a little comment that jumped into my head as i typed would entertain myself and others for two days through like four threads :laugh: the thing i am woundering now is what are the new members and the people that didnt follow this from the beginning think about my avastar :undecided ...oh well like everyone says...guess u had to be there right lol

this is unreal.....i never thought a little comment that jumped into my head as i typed would entertain myself and others for two days through like four threads :laugh: the thing i am woundering now is what are the new members and the people that didnt follow this from the beginning think about my avastar :undecided ...oh well like everyone says...guess u had to be there right lol

they're thinking "What a loon! WTF is with the 'coon?" :laugh:

It's just the tip of the iceberg as far as all the fun stuff that will be posted here in the months(maybe even years!) to come...Good nite, everyone!!!! :cool:

they're thinking "What a loon! WTF is with the 'coon?" :laugh:
LMAO :laugh: :laugh:

You should check out this post
http://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/showthread.php?t=302141&highlight=led (http://)
This Forum is awesome source of info on DIY Mods, I know its for full size GM vehicles, but a lot of the info is the same

PS How many bulbs does a TB Gauge Cluster Have

Thanks Ian

lol dont make roadkill mad, those could have been his family

shay

can someone make me one with a llama, llamas are my fav

shay

lol dont make roadkill mad, those could have been his family

shay

can someone make me one with a llama, llamas are my fav

shay
Its already in progress!! What are some quirks about you for your Llama?

Raccoons, Llamas, I bet Tommy never had this in mind when he started this site.... :laugh:

You should check out this post
http://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/showthread.php?t=302141&highlight=led (http://)
This Forum is awesome source of info on DIY Mods, I know its for full size GM vehicles, but a lot of the info is the same

PS How many bulbs does a TB Gauge Cluster Have

Thanks Ian

Thanks very much for the info.....i am going to tear the cluster out today if i get a chance and check it out, i will let you know the count.

i got an update on the dashbulb mod....not a conclusion yet though :duh: i tore the cluster out today and after playing with it i found that you cant get into the bulbs without pulling the needles (not a problem as long as you take a digital photo before you pull them while vehicle is running to replace in correct position when done) i could see in enough to tell that i think i can get those little bulb covers i posted origianlly but still not sure how many. i think i will order some of them and give it a shot. it dosent look like the bulbs are LEDs and it also appeared that they are soldered directily on the circut board

Can you take a pic of the circuit card with the led's soldered onto it?

i sure can, i will get you some as soon as i can get time to tear it out again. i am not 100% sure they are soldered in, becuase i would have had to pull the needles to make sure, and my mom was using the digital camera for the weekend (so i could take a pic of the needle positions). it lookd as though they were judging from the back of the circut board

here is a pic of the bulb

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jallshouse_0/detail?.dir=4576&.dnm=68a9.jpg&.src=ph

Cool, I bet you could put some colored saran wrap over them...

thats kinda what i did...just until i can get the correct bulb covers i was sitting here trying to think of what to cover them with when it dawned on me :duh: i looked over beside me and noticed that the Dasani water i was drinking had a translusent blue wrap label. i proceeded to cut pieces that would fit over the bulb and used clear tape to secure each end down. this is VERY cheesey, but i figured i would give it a shot :D . i will update as soon as it gets dark

Cool, I bet you could put some colored saran wrap over them...

Or stop at a pro photography supply house and grab the color gels they use for studio lights and par cans. :m2:

Been scanning all the many, many threads related to dash/cluster bulb replacement and I'm still searching? Would love to have the part number for the replacement incandescent bulbs GM uses behind the instrument cluster and/or the part number for a suitable non-OEM replacement, thanks! Getting ready to tear into my cluster and replace a burned out bulb behind my speedo (surprised, anybody?). Not ready to go LED just yet, wanna keep 'er as near to stock as possible for now. Any help to this end is greatly appreciated, thanks all!

The bulbs in the gauge cluster are incandescent and soldered onto the board. GM doesn't have a p/n for them, when they go bad, the dealer replaces the entire cluster (dumb). However, IIRC, the bulbs in the cluster are the same as the bulbs in all the controls and you can get them at Radioshack for $1.69, part number 272-1154. Specifications are as follows:

12V, 50mA
T-1 bulb
3.3mm bi-pin base
0.12MSCP
Average life: 5,000 hours
If I were you, I'd just put in some LED's though...there're a few companies that'll convert your gauges to LED's for you if you wanna go that route and don't feel like its something you can tackle by yourself, but I'm not sure what the going rate is.

Thank you for your help Ontogenesis! Yes, I may well go the LED route someday...probably when I've torn into my cluster for the upteenth time to re-solder *yet another* dash bulb. Seems like an issue we Trailvoyers are simply destined to negotiate at some point in the time we own these vehicles. Until then, think I'll take the 411 you've been kind enough to provide and run with it. Thanks again so much. Now cover me, I'm goin' in!

Good Luck! :thumbsup: