Great vid, like all your others, your an inspiration & love your channel. I have a quick question, does the dimmer switch still dim the led’s? I drive a lot of back country roads and while I love the bright look of the LED’s most of the time, I sometimes bring them down to dim to make night driving easier on the eyes. I still have regular bulbs in but considering led replacements because of 1 being out and having to get back there anyways! Thanks
I'm probably going to do this in the near future, but my next project is going to be my own twist of "rock lights" I'm super excited. I'm just following in everyone's super duty footsteps 😂
Your a life saver I’ve been waiting so long for a video like this to go by. Thank you! all your videos are great and I look forward to all your future mods
I just bought an Aussie 2005 F250 RHD crew cab 5.4. Upon picking it up, I noticed the same missing section of dash illumination. However, I didn't panic because I'd already seen the thumbnail of this video, so I knew you had me covered. Many thanks from downunder, Buddy!!!!
@@LivingOnWheels I changed mine, but on the indicator lights i.e. air bags, breaks ect... have a little glow to them, not fully lit up but just a little. When I turn the key they all light up full power but when they go off they just go very dim. What do you think??
This was a HUGE help. My stock cluster light is poor at best. I didnt even know about the p37. Must be why the top of my speedometer is so dark. Ordered them through your links. Thanks for the video. Much appreciated.
Man, I have been wanting to do this for 10 years now! I have a 1999 F-250 7.3 Lariat with 400K on it. Thank you for putting out this video and easing some of the fears of pulling that dash apart. Much appreciated.
I think its awesome the way you out links to all your mods in the description. Thank you so much for that. I wish more people did that. Another thumbs up is your detail in description on how everything comes apart.
thank you sir!!! I just bought an 04 f350 and had ordered red leds for the dash and then watched your vid - ordered white leds - great video - never too far in the weeds - GREAT JOB
Just a heads up the headlight switch itself is it’s own removal tool all you need is a pocket screw driver turn the lights all the way to 3 position then slightly pull the headlight switch out you should see an opening close to around 7 o clock to insert pocket screw driver and then the knob then slides of the rotate the knob 180 then rotate will then active the release of the switch
I replaced all of my cluster lighting with LED's (2001 Ford F350) and it is SO SO much better now. I can see everything day and night, no worries at all. Thanks for the video!
I had to replace my headlight switch cuz when I picked up the new girl, a 2000, I tried to turn on the fogs as I did in my 2001, by pulling the dial out. The 2000's don't work like that. Knucklehead. I've got stock bulbs now, so now you've given me yet another driveway project for the list. Thanks for all you do.
That headlight switch is actually really neat the way it comes out. If you give the knob a slight pull there is a tiny hole underneath for a small screwdriver to release the knob. Once the knob is off, you take the knob and put it on upside down and turn it, and it’ll pull that spring loaded locking pawl in, and the whole switch comes out from the front. Basically the knob is a secret key/removal tool.
@@LivingOnWheels Yeah, I also have a 2000 Super Duty, mine didn’t come with fog lights, and I wanted them wired like factory. So I learned this a couple years ago, there is a video on it somewhere on RU-vid. To me it’s so neat I dang near hope for a reason to remove it.
I just completed this upgrade on my 2000 F350 following your steps...piece of cake...thank you very much for taking the time to film and post the video...I would not have known where to begin without it...great job!!
The color green is a combination of blue and yellow, called complimentary colors. If you take separate blue- and yellow-colored glass or thin plastic, place one over the other, and put a light behind the 2 pieces of glass you will see a green color. There are other complimentary colors, too. The reason why you may see a bit more blue with green may be because of the color density of one color over the other. There are other possible explanations as well. Your point of just minimizing the risk of damage is a very good point in any repair. Thanks for your well explained video.👍
Good job pointing out the differences in the light switches. As a 99 owner I'm one guy that broke the face off 😲 Also, great video all around with great details
That light switch appears to be removed the se as my 99 f150, the process is: Step 1. Turn headlights on Step 2. pull knob towards you (fog position on such equipped trucks) Step 3. use micro screwdriver to pop knob off fascia Step 4. Turn knob 180 degrees, so that the back of the knob (where you inserted the screwdriver) is now pointing to headlight icon, press onto switch to reinstall. Step 5. Turn knob to off position and in (fog lights off) Step 6. Turn headlights back on. The little fingers on the back of the knob should now have those tangs retracted so you can pull the switch out of the dash.
Saw your video last night super helpful I went the extra and pulled apart for blue leds took the extra step removed needles and removed green layer with nail polish remover took about 1 hr to hit all the spots I wanted to be blue used q tips and a lot of patience your video was badass thanks for the info and video
I just subscribed a couple of days ago. I have a 2002 7.3 dually. Great information . I like your straight forward style, no big intro or self important acting. My one suggestion is easy on the camera moves. I get motion sick, lol, and can not watch for very long on some of the segments. Thanks for all the good info.
Yeah 😬😬😬 I know I need to be a little easier on the camera movement. Always feel like I’m being pretty steady with it until I go through the editing 🤦🏻♂️😂 Appreciate the input! 👍🏻
This vid helped. I couldn't figure out why the top looked "burnt out"....then you pointed out the one 37 bulb at the top. Who knew?? Ordered and hoping it makes it less ghetto looking.
Excellent video! They aren't really "directional" - it's a matter of LEDs being polarity sensitive, so positive and negative voltage have to be correct. That's why you might have to rotate them 180° sometimes. I was confused at first, but then I saw that clarified on the Amazon product page.
Thank you. This is an important point that I initially missed. Later I realized that there was a + &- symbol on he LEDs. Makes sense because diodes (the D in LED) allow current flow only in one direction base on polarity. I had a fifty fifty chance and had to pull everything apart again and check and swap them to all be the same. A quick test and a perfect job. Very happy for everyone’s help. Thank you again
First, you are an inspiration to me. You do amazing repairs & mods to your F2Fitty despite living on wheels. If you can do it, then I sure as hell can do it; no more excuses! BTW, I've done the heater delete, using your video as my guide. Easy peasy. Now I'm fixing to do the dashlight bulb replacements. But I went with the blue 194's and 37's. If it's crappy I'll go with white like you did.
@@LivingOnWheels okey dokey; I'll try to take before and after pics. The Before will be horrible. Almost all the dashlights are out on the left side. I reckon they're slowly burning out and it seems to be going from left to right.
I love your videos, I’m taking a lot of inspiration for my own 7.3! When you had yours did the new lights ever flicker I’m having a recurring problem and considering going back to halogens
Your videos are awesome and very informative! Just subscribed because I’m looking at doing some of these upgrades on mine. Thanks for the excellent videos!
A few pointers to add, After changing my illumination and idiot lights Some of the holes in the back of the cluster come from the factory empty, If you are uncertain which ones are blank they will have no scratches on the silver tracing under the bulb holder. Secondly most led bulbs are made by the chicoms so If you reverse polarity and it still does not work you likely have a bad bulb always get more than you need. Thirdly not all of the indicator lights come on in the accessory position some only light up when cranking, Anything else can be checked by opening the door, turning on the flashers, etc. EDIT My indicator lights are now glowing faintly all the time this can only be seen when it is dark, also the turn signals and high beam indicator are to bright for night driving I really like the brightness of led but they are not dimmable I will be going back to halogen.
I'm going to have to do this as I have a bulb out between speedo and tach, also one 1⃣ a/C control, I'm assuming just pull the a/c control out with maybe 4 screws while I have the dash opened up
Well, it turns out that the easiest thing to do is to pull the dash and radio as a single unit. Then, once cables are disconnected, you can disengage the spring clips from the backside of the dash.
SO.....I DID THE SWAP FOR THE LED BULBS OVER THE WEEKEND.....AND I LIKE THE WAY THE DASH LIGHTS UP.....I DISCOVERED THAT THE NEW DASH LIGHTS THAT LIGHT UP THE MAIN DASH LOOK GOOD.....SIZE # 194.....THE TURN SIGNALS LOOK GOOD....SIZE # 37..... HOWEVER.....THE LED BULBS THAT I PUT INTO THE WARNING LIGHTS.....(LOW FUEL.....AIR BAG.....SERVICE ENGINE SOON.....BRAKE.....WAIT TO START.....ETC.)......SIZE # 37.....SEEM TO STAY ON.....THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME LIGHT PASSING THROUGH THE TEMPLATE THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE LIGHTS ARE ON AND DIM.....EVEN THOUGH THERE NO ISSUES WITH THESE WARNING SYSTEMS..... THE LIGHTS ARE NICE AND BRIGHT WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE KEY ON.....(STANDARD FACTORY BULB TEST).....THEN.....THEY SEEM TO GO OUT AS USUAL.....BUT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK DIM.....NOT OUT.....THE SYSTEMS "ARE NOT" ON.....BUT THE ICONS ARE LIT UP DIM AS THOUGH THEY "ARE" ON..... DID YOU HAVE THIS HAPPEN?....AND HOW DO I SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?....THANKS.....
I didn’t replace my indicators but a few people have said they had the same issue. I’m guessing because LEDs are some much more sensitive to electricity they must be picking up on faint traces from the illumination bulbs. My best recommendation is keeping the indicators as halogen.
@@LivingOnWheels THANKS FOR THE QUICK REPLY....I WAS AFRAID THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THEM BACK OUT.....WELL MY SUNDAY MORNING IS SET.....THANKS AGAIN.....
Living On Wheels white led’s from oreilys. Cool you replied, just dropped the tank in my f450 tonight bc of stuttering/“missing”. The black pickup was broken off so I’m going to clean it out and delete the in tank filter and run a line for the return further out. Fingers crossed it’s not injectors until I’m ready to upgrade.
@@travissmith4461 hmmm interesting. Tank pickup might've been the issue if you were down at about a quarter tank. I know the feeling. Ended up needing to do my injectors before I had planned too
Lol, I have the plug connector for the airbag next to the cigarette lighter even though I don't have that option... I was wondering what the extra plug was for 😂
@@LivingOnWheels yeah mines just got the cigarette lighter opening and a blank spot next to it where on yours there's a key slot to turn on/off airbag. I just did my dash lights last night, you're right they look sooo good!! For the longest time I had just used those little blue wired leds that plug into cig lighter, then i finally replaced the dash bulbs with regular ones but it still looked dingy/dim as hell. The LEDs look amazing though! Just curious, when you were looking at the back of the dash thing with all the bulbs plugged into it, did you have any slots that were empty? Cause I had two empty spots... the 'THEFT' light and one other one didn't have bulbs in them. I could have put bulbs in them but I just decided to leave them alone, I wonder if it's the same deal as with the plugs... like they are still there even if your model of truck doesn't have the feature..
There is a better way to take out your headlight switch what you do is Turn headlamp switch knob to the headlamp ON position and pull the knob out. Insert a thin tool into the slot at the base of the knob to release it and pull the headlamp switch knob off. Position the knob and with the bottom end toward the headlamp ON position and push on shaft. Turn the knob counterclockwise until the back of the knob is in the OFF position. Turn the headlamp switch knob clockwise fully, remove the headlamp switch from the instrument panel and disconnect the electrical connectors. I think I explained it correctly. But by removing the knob and reversing it and then putting it back on the shaft and turning it, it pulls in the spring clips that hold it in place and lets you just pull it out. Its like a 15 second task. Follow removal procedure in reverse order when installing the original switch.
Interesting.... I’ve never heard of that method. I’ll have to give it a try. My switch does not pull out at all because I don’t have fog lights. Do you think this is specific for fog light equipped trucks?
Great video. I am down to one lite not burned out . So I need to replace all of them. How many of each will I need. Also I did not catch what the bulb number was for the center lite that you replaced. Thanks for the great video. I am now a follower
Thank you! I believe it was 5 #194 bulbs and 1 #37 bulb. I link the packs I got below. They have been working well for me so far. I would recommend not switching any of your indicator bulbs to LED. Those seem to give a slight glow picking up on radiant electricity from the illumination lights. 194: amzn.to/357WHN3 37: amzn.to/37hEbnF
One more question. What have you done with your head lites. There are so,many prices and choices on amazon. Makes it hard to choose. Thanks for the help
@@LivingOnWheels Do you mind explaining this further? Are you suggesting only replacing the 5 #194 (black) and the 1 Center (white) #37 with LED and replacing any others with normal incandescent bulbs? Thank you.
Justin Evans yup, that’s exactly what I meant. I heard from a couple guys now that replaced indicator bulbs with LEDs and they said that all of em give off a soft glow when the illumination lights are on. I cant say why for certain but my guess would be that they’re picking up on faint traces of electricity from the other lights.
I enjoy your videos and look forward to new episodes. I have a 99 350 Crew Cab with 157K original miles. My dad bought the truck new in July 99, one of the first out after the new body style. Hence, I have some unusual differences compared to late model 99's. I have added the 2008 style mirrors and had to remove the headlight switch. I found an awesome post by Franz M, a 2:22 minute clip that will blow your mind how easy the headlight switch is to R/R. Check it out and add an update! Thanks
Great informative video content! I have a bulb out for my environmental controller switch. You’re right, there’s not a lot of videos to remove the dashboard. I had to replace my factory trailer brake controller. There was only one video but it had a pullout container which I didn’t have! So, thru trial & error I gently got the dashboard removed. I was praying the whole time that I didn’t crack the dashboard! No fun at all! Any suggestions for fixing my ‘05 6.0L driver’s side window? Luckily, it stopped working in the up position. Are there tips/ways to check the switch & motor? Thanks for all you do making your videos! Even tho I have a ‘05 6.0L, a lot of your mods are universal for the Powerstroke. With you, Nick (Fix it Nick) & Cody (Powerstroke Project) all of you guys have 7.3 but I have learned so many universal mods! Thanks again
Unfortunately there is not a lot of good ways to work on the window motor while its inside the door. If it were my I might try to sneak in one of those light testers and see if it is getting power to the motor when its supposed to. Other than that you'll probably have to just pull it out and test it manually.
Great video. What year is your truck? I have a 2002 and am wondering if my light switch will be different from yours from your description. I was hoping later in the video you would show what the turn signals and high beam looked like. Are the LED's dimable? Keep up the good work.
Thanks. my truck is a 2000. I'm not sure which years had what switches. I only replaced the illumination bulbs with LEDs so all those indicator lights look the same. Yes, the ones I used are fully dimmable.
installed the blue LED bulbs and about 3 weeks later they are now flashing on and off. Have you experienced this and if not are there LED bulbs that will not flash. Maybe I just purchased some cheepo LEDs. Thanks love the vids!
I haven’t had an flashing problems with the ones I’ve used. The main set has been in over a year and that last bulb I showed in the video has done great since. I tried colored ones and wasn’t happy with how they worked with the green film. If you’re interested the LEDs I used are linked below.
@@LivingOnWheels Oh? What kind of issue? Please elaborate, I am glad I have not done mine yet. So, the two bulls you replaced in the video were the illumination bulbs and the rest are indicators?
Hey I see you still have the cup thrower style of cup holder. Have you updated to the new style yet? I'm driving a early 99 7.3 and I was stoked to get the more secure version. I have learned a lot from your experience thanks.
Have you tried putting in PURPLE leds? Since Purple is a combination of Red and Blue. All you need is Green (hence the green film) to get white. Have you tried that?
Thanks for all the info. I've been a subscriber / follower for awhile & have looked to a lot of your videos when planning improvements on my 7.3. I'm getting ready to swap out my dash lights & was wondering if you changed out all your warning lights as well?
Well, I finally got around to doing the LED replacements yesterday. Did the five 194 bulbs and the one 37 bulb, all in Blue. While I had the gauge panel loose I put the three power plugs back in, temp installed the headlight switch and turned it on to see if any of the bulbs needed their polarity reversed. About half were good and I easily switched the others. I could peek inside the panel and watch the bulbs light up. Here's the thing, while the middle of the gauge panel is now a nice bright blue it seems like the panel to the left and right is dark? I did the change in bright daylight so it's hard to tell. I'm going to check it again tonight and do a look-see. Any suggestions on why the left & right are dark and the middle is well illuminated?
I am not positive. I had the same issue when I tried to go the colored route. Maybe its how the light is routed inside the cluster. Not sure though. That's why I ended up just going back to white.
Great video on this install dude. The climate control bulbs do come out. I had one burn out And I can’t find replacement ones for them anywhere. I’m lost on this. You think I have to buy a whole new climate control unit?
Nice work looks really good I see you did this video a while back just wondering which lights they really are they bright white I just don't want to order the wrong one since there are so many different 194 number 37 any help would be appreciated thank you
Curious if you can dim the LED's down enough for night driving. I don't like bright lights in front of me that degrade my night vision. Just enough glow on the dash to read the gauges without straining. I like the idea that the LED's will pretty much be a one-time thing, lasting virtually forever. Thanks in Advance!
Lol...great detail descriptions....and you can’t give too much info...suggestion tho is to slow down the physical motion of the camera.....and everyone doing these videos needs a laser pointer to pinpoint details that they describe.... sorry to hear your selling it....
