Is it supposed to look like this?

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Is it supposed to look like this?

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Seems that the needles don't illuminate on me fuel or temperature gauges. Is this normal, or do I have strategically-placed bulbs gone?

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It looks ok to me.
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I'd say you've got a bulb or two gone. Fairly certain all my needles light up the same, however there's now loads of sun where I live atm so I can't check.
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My D8 has one bulb down, so I don't get to read the fuel gauge when it's dark.
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just a couple of bulbs gone. if i were you i'd consider buying a load and changing them all to save faffing around replacing more in future
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I don't understand, all my bulbs are fresh from the scrap heap... :supafrisk:

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I have a dodgy buld on my fuel guage.

A swift thump on the dash usually helps!
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Ah yes, the thump!! Always works a treat for many problems on the 406
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Apart from stereos :(
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steve_earwig wrote:Apart from stereos :(
Yes I read about your stereo smashing antics :(

I think you'll have to get one ebayed over? ...........que taxation, postage, loss, etc etc :frown:

Thinking about it, my 'On' button used to require more than a firm push to get it to wake up :roll:

Doh! I've just realised the stereo has to be enabled at the Dealers :evil:

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I don't think so, after the bastards tax me (new law, just for me :evil: ) on anything I get off ebay it'll be cheaper to buy a new one. I've made an attempt to fix it, all I need from that end is the volume and on/off so I've bridged them. I think. Even if it does work I'm thinking how nice an mp3 player would be and I've already confused myself silly trying to work out what stereo I need to buy for the Connects2 interface to work it via the remote (expect questions soon people :oops: )
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On/off yes, volume no. It'll do (for now).

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Here, keep this with you......

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I'd prefer to keep one of these with me

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You seem to have managed fine without it - have considered a career in NDT?

I agree, not much prospect of patching the pcb, but as you said, it should be easy enough to swap that board without changing the whole head unit.

Maybe if you start a thread on upgrading to MP3, or start a fashion for quoting dB figures in your signature.....
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