Radio dispaly light fault!

[Fuzzybear]

Hello all, i have just been gutting a dead (and rather poorly equiped) 406 diesel exec that me grandad had left in a field. Did still have a few of the goodies left in it such as the cd multi changer so went about fitting it. Also got part way through fitting an fm modulator when i noticed my radio display had lost its back light. No problem i though i have a spare i'll pop that in..... same problem. I have started checking the fuses in the fuse box to see if any have blown but havent found any yet. Any ideas as to what may have caused this? Cheers

[mjb]

I'm guessing it's a D8... There should be 2 lights in the display.

First thing to do it to try shining a strong light into it and see if you can see the readout.

[Fuzzybear]

you can read the display during the day... the info is all there, just no ilumination

[teamster1975]

Easy job, lever out the display and replace the 2 bulbs

[mjb]

Aye, about £1.50/ea from Halfords, or cheaper from Maplins. If the display is working, the tracks on the PCB for the lighting are pretty much guaranteed to be live

[Fuzzybear]

wizard! Might throw in some blue led's then.

[mjb]

I wouldn't - the colour comes from the screen itself, probably the polarised filter needed to make the LCD visible. Putting a blue bulb in will result in the display being a muddy browny purple, not nice at all

[teamster1975]

Hey, 4000 posts Matt!

[mjb]

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