dash light question

Kurt Combs · Post by **Kurt Combs** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:17 am

My dash lights seem dim and yellow, they didn't come from the factory like that, did they? My guess is that I need to change the light switch.

seattle67 · Post by **seattle67** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:00 am

Hi Kurt,
This may be a silly question, but is it possible that you have the dimmer turned down? The dash lights weren't overly bright from the factory, but with the dimmer turned up all the way they should be a nice, fairly bright, white light.

Regardless, if they are dim and yellow, something is dropping the voltage to them. Whether its the dimmer turned down, or a bad headlight switch, or a bad ground, or low system voltage, or a bad connection somewhere, or someone put the wrong lamps in at some time, etc ...

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:11 am

maybe the bulbs are dussty and dirty or the guage cluster lens is old faded dusty or dirty. check the dahs light dimmer on the headlight switch first.

Kurt Combs · Post by **Kurt Combs** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:44 am

New bulbs six months ago, battery is well charged, light did improve some when I rotated the switch back and forth and turn it on high, but not as good as I would like. My guess is the contact in the switch is dirty from age. A new switch would be a good place to start. I will also check battery cables and for a ground wire to the engine.

basketcase0302 · Post by **basketcase0302** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:43 am

Kurt,

A few companies make an LED replacement for our dash light bulbs, makes one heck of a difference!
A few of the guys here on Fordification have done this, (looks really awesome IMO).

Hopefully they'll chime in with the source and model of the bulb.

Jeff

ToughOldFord · Post by **ToughOldFord** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:11 am

My lens had turned yellow from age, it was hard to read the gauges and at night they were completely worthless. I got those white gauge inserts and that helped some. Then I replaced the lens and with the new lens and the white gauges they made a world of difference.

Pics are kind of fuzzy, sorry:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/ ... CT0003.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e104/ ... CT0016.jpg

ANd check out this thread, 460Crew's came out really nice:

Chunk Long

SteveC · Post by **SteveC** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:32 am

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... ure128.jpg

Picture of leds installed and http://www.whitegauges.net/products_list.php?catID=4550

were to get them they like like the standard 1895 for older trucks ...1967-69 and 194 is for the newer style

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:35 pm

i think you can also get bulb in any color you want. like red and blue maybe green.

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