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Old 12th February 2014, 05:21 PM
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Default Headlight Symbol Illumination LEDs

I just replaced the second LED in my headlight switch.
The green sidelight on one blew 2 years ago, yesterday the orange Auto one blew. I was able to desolder the old ones and put in some new ones that were slightly smaller, but a good replacement.

Remove the switch by turning knob to 0 then pushing the knob in 1cm and turning to first position, this should cause side pins to withdraw and then it cab be pulled out. You can then unclip with fingernail or similar in the end edge of the connector.

3 screws remove the back of the switch and the PCB lifts out and the LEDs are on the other side.
The orange Auto one is bigger, I had a small one and it is not quite so bright.
It's still OK though.

The parts to search ebay etc.. for are "yellow 0603 led" "yellow 0402 led" or whatever colour. The number refers to the size in mm, not sure if 0603 is better, I used 0402 and they were a little small.

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