Escalade Vs Denali Vs Tahoe Cluster
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Thanks. And sorry I do not , the builder did it . It was just my ideas . Also he added red to the dots , that was actually his idea lol. Great touch imo .
Looking for some advice here....I am looking at an 01-02 gauge cluster that the odometer screen does not display. Is there a light bulb that illuminates that display that can be replaced, similar to the rest of this cluster with the small blade bulbs? If not, does anyone know what causes the odometer screen to not display? Thank you in advance.
Tonyrodz
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My guess would be the solder might need to be reflowed. I don't think a bulb is used to light that display.
Thanks for the replies so far. Hoping someone who is positively in the know will weigh in on this question. Someone who has been here and done that already. I suspect you both are correct, but it's just speculation for all of us who haven't BTDT. Thanks
BTDT on my own cluster although it was an 03 Denali XL and a 04 Esky
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Yes very common on the 03 and later clusters. I believe the fix is to reflow the solder on the 03 and later. My 04 Tahoe cluster is dim.
02 and earlier clusters are a different animal all together, even though they look similar from the outside.
Read through this thread, gives me some ideas, but questions I have;
1) How many bulbs are in the instrument cluster?
2) One post here says you need to solder them to the board. Can't you just by the PC194 (or whatever size it is) LED's that twist and lock in to the board? My '99 is that way. It was 6 or 8 PC194's that I switched from regular bulbs to LED's. It took longer to R&R the cluster than it did to switch bulbs. No soldering needed. Or is it that these are LED's to begin with?
1) How many bulbs are in the instrument cluster?
2) One post here says you need to solder them to the board. Can't you just by the PC194 (or whatever size it is) LED's that twist and lock in to the board? My '99 is that way. It was 6 or 8 PC194's that I switched from regular bulbs to LED's. It took longer to R&R the cluster than it did to switch bulbs. No soldering needed. Or is it that these are LED's to begin with?
The 99-02 clusters have the twist in bulbs, but the later 03-06 clusters have soldered in bulbs. Sorry I do not know the bulb count for the different clusters.
I did. He said that they are soldered in "bulbs". In another thread (not stickied), they said that they are LED's for the '03 - '06's.
Hence why I am asking. Are they bulbs? Or are they LED's? If they're bulbs, I will replace with LED's. If they're LED's already, I'm not going to mess with it.
Hence why I am asking. Are they bulbs? Or are they LED's? If they're bulbs, I will replace with LED's. If they're LED's already, I'm not going to mess with it.
Tom Joad
French V8 lover.
Yes '03 cluster are lit with incandescent bulbs that are soldered inside some blue plastic socket.
There was a member here, few years ago, who did change for a living incandescent bulbs by LEDs.
I did buy some removed bulbs from him back then. May be he is still around.
There was a member here, few years ago, who did change for a living incandescent bulbs by LEDs.
I did buy some removed bulbs from him back then. May be he is still around.
