1982 Mercedes 300D Dash cluster LED bulb conversion and some helpful tips when working around the cluster. UPDATE : Not happy with the color of the LED bulbs cool white looks weird compared to old school bulbs.
I know this is old but for anyone wanting to do this don’t replace the battery light with LED is is part of the charging system and it needs resistance of incandescent bulb to work properly.
i soldered a resistor instead of a wire where the potentiometer is supposed to be, i just want the lights to be really low dimmed so that i dont get blinded by the cluster lights. Works fine!
At 1:47, why do they send the bulbs like that with the wire bent over both sides? Do they work like that in some instrument clusters with the wire bent over both sides?
At 6:35 I assume since you had modified the bulb where it only had wire on one side at least when you put in before 6:35 on the left side and it was not working. At least all you had to do was turn it (flip it in the socket) to get it to work and when it was in there wrong way it did not damage the circuit board, correct???
Thanks for the suggestion on the oil pressure line. I would like to find a way to replace the oil pressure gauge with an electric sending unit but have not found a way to do that yet. I have a 1981 Mercedes 240d and I haven't found a project yet that is recorded on RU-vid that shows anyone who has successfully done this project.
@@dieselbenzrevive6820 Exactly, i tried it and it was a really easy fix, i just heated the copper coil/tube and rubbed tin where the leak was, it fixed the problem right away! Took about two hours from start to finish. :-)
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Make sure to tighten the oil pressure line so it does not come loose. I had a bad experience and what a mess. I finally got it cleaned up but I had to clean a lot of oil.
I fabricated my own from small LED but the color of the light is not as pleasant as the vintage bulbs even warm white LED is not so great but less heat.
Your referring to the all glass tiny bulbs that illuminate the center console switches. Do you remember the old school Led that where plastic those are a good solution.i can make a short video of you like
@@dieselbenzrevive6820 Yep - those are the tiny bulbs I'm referring to. I was hoping to make an all LED swap while I have my dash out so I don't have to worry about replacements again but couldn't figure out the equivalent LED option. I'd love to see that video - thanks!
