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(85 Elco)          El Camino Central Forum Index -> Electrical Systems View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message King John Wrench Necoa #: 12514 Location: 20(HI) Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Posts: 39 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:43 am    Post subject: Total Number of Dash light bulbs? (85 Elco) Aloha all, Can anyone tell me the total number of bulbs that are in the dash as I want to change all of them to LED.....mainly the bulbs that cast light onto the gauges, not the "check motor", etc. Because I have to order them, I don't want to take the dash out and wait a few weeks to get the replacement LED's in. Thanks to all that reply. _________________ Aloha and have a great day! Back to top lugnut Wrench Necoa #: 9993 Location: 22Canada (E.of Man) Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 38 Year: 1986 Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:22 am    Post subject: Dash lights Hi King, mine has 8 in the dash part and 5 in the check engine section. It is an 86 but I think they are all the same in the 5th gen. Richard Back to top lugnut Wrench Necoa #: 9993 Location: 22Canada (E.of Man) Joined: Aug 19, 2007 Posts: 38 Year: 1986 Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:16 pm    Post subject: Dash Lights Whoops!! Recount!!! There are ten. With the panel out I found two more. What a dummie. Richard Back to top King John Wrench Necoa #: 12514 Location: 20(HI) Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Posts: 39 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:11 am    Post subject: Roger that, Are they all "194" series wedge bulbs? I will be ordering replacement LEDs for the gages only, the check engine section I will leave as regular bulbs. Thanks again. _________________ Aloha and have a great day! Back to top ELBMINO Wrench Necoa #: 9088 Location: 17(S.CA,S.NV) Joined: Feb 22, 2007 Posts: 100 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:14 am    Post subject: is the dash easy to remove ? i had a hard time with my 84 was afriad to crack it . but led's would kick in _________________ ''EAST-LB-MINO'' Back to top King John Wrench Necoa #: 12514 Location: 20(HI) Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Posts: 39 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:54 pm    Post subject: Been super busy at work lately, haven't had the time to try to pull the dash/cluster out yet. Looks pretty straight forward, 4 or 6 screws. Will let you know. _________________ Aloha and have a great day! Back to top dougs85 Site Contributor Necoa #: 9322 Location: 16(CO,MT,WY,UT) Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Posts: 1174 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:53 pm    Post subject: Did you guys read this: http://elcaminocentral.com/ftopict-20646.html Doug _________________ 85 El Camino 305, TH350, K&N, dual exhausts 87 El Camino 305, 2004R, K&N, dual exhausts 1964-1/2 Mustang conv, 260 V8, dual exhausts 2002 Jaguar XJ8, 2000 Harley Road King Lakewood, CO Back to top ELCaminoGuy2 Wrench Necoa #: 1586 Location: 7(AL,GA,TN) Joined: Oct 03, 2003 Posts: 34 Year: 1986 Model: El Camino Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:01 pm    Post subject: I have a cluster here in front of me and I count 8 that illuminate it. There are 2 for the left and right turn signals. _________________ 79 El Camino 86 El Camino Back to top King John Wrench Necoa #: 12514 Location: 20(HI) Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Posts: 39 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:03 pm    Post subject: Decided not to change to the LED's due to cost and shipping. Just went ahead and put in the white gauges (vinyl) and it came out really good using the original bulbs. It case kind of a bluish green tint. Will post pics later. _________________ Aloha and have a great day! Back to top DDawg Member Necoa #: 12730 Location: 18(N.CA,N.NV) Joined: Nov 03, 2008 Posts: 1 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:11 pm    Post subject: King John wrote: Decided not to change to the LED's due to cost and shipping. Just went ahead and put in the white gauges (vinyl) and it came out really good using the original bulbs. It case kind of a bluish green tint. Will post pics later. Looking forward to seeing how your gauges came out. Where did you find the vinyl gauge covers? I unfortunately Will have to replace the bulbs ... and I hate tearing apart the dash! Back to top King John Wrench Necoa #: 12514 Location: 20(HI) Joined: Sep 21, 2008 Posts: 39 Year: 1985 Model: El Camino Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:38 am    Post subject: Just take your time removing the dash/instruments and it goes back together really quickly. I bought the decals from www.durangedesign.com. follow the directions that come with the decals to the letter and it will come out perfect. I know this because I decided to read the instructions AFTER I installed the first one and then figured out that reading then doing is better! _________________ Aloha and have a great day! 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