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      12-27-2023, 02:34 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by robbief00 View Post
My right turn signal indicator (green arrow) on my cluster stopped blinking a while back. I suspected it to be a failed LED since it wouldn't light up even during the instrument cluster system test.

I coded my HUD to show the turn signal arrows but it still bothered me so I decided to take on this project and was prepared to buy a new 6WA or 6WB cluster just in case something went wrong.

All went well but unfortunately the new LED is a little brighter and slightly different green shade. I purchased a strip of 10 ea PLCC-4 3528 green SMD LEDs from Ebay. I may eventually swap out this LED for the adjacent "LIM" one which is a speed limit indicator light. That way both turn indicators look the same.

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I found using two teaspoons with equal pressure made it easy to pop off the 4 needles.
Thanks,
Frank

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