LED is now roaming freely in the housing
04-25-17, 08:52 PM
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LED is now roaming freely in the housing
Left rear taillamp housing, the one on the fender, not the trunk, and it's an LED for my indicators.
I pulled the housing, brought it inside, and shook/moved/rotated it for an hour before giving up and ordering new bulbs on Amazon.
What are the chances I can actually remove it without cutting into/destroying the housing?
I pulled the housing, brought it inside, and shook/moved/rotated it for an hour before giving up and ordering new bulbs on Amazon.
What are the chances I can actually remove it without cutting into/destroying the housing?
04-26-17, 08:24 PM
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No, see, that's the thing. It's not in the lens part, where you can see it moving about. It's behind all that.
04-27-17, 11:38 AM
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BAM!!!!!
Wife wanted a shot at shaking it out then said after a couple of minutes, "I got it stuck...but at least it won't rattle..."
I rotated it a few times, different ways, to see how stuck it was, clunk-clunk-clunk, and there it was, easily grabbed with tweezers.
as, clunk-clunk-clunk, and there it was, grab-able with tweezers.
Wife wanted a shot at shaking it out then said after a couple of minutes, "I got it stuck...but at least it won't rattle..."
I rotated it a few times, different ways, to see how stuck it was, clunk-clunk-clunk, and there it was, easily grabbed with tweezers.
as, clunk-clunk-clunk, and there it was, grab-able with tweezers.
04-27-17, 02:32 PM
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They were these:
I got a pair of these for the front:
Of course, I need resistors to counteract hyperflash. No biggie! I'm going in-line, yo, because I don't want to cut the wires, even if I'm pretty good at soldering/heat shrinking, so:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252609960029?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Gotta love being in-line resistors, with connectors, so only soldering to correct the bulb end.
Welp, I put the LEDs in, with the resistors. Still have hyperflash.
Okay...I've got something for YOU!!!!! I'll get bulbs which don't hyperflash.
Put those two in the rear, still have a resistor'd LED up front. Hyperflash. I put resistors in front of the pair of rear bulbs. Hyperflash.
Pull the front bulb, put two in-line resistors...hyperflash. Put in an incandescent in the front, with both resistors and supposedly resistor bulbs in the rear.
You guessed it, hyperflash.
I'm returning as much as I can, 'cause I give up. They looked damned good, too, but I'm done.
edit: I've got close to $100 into this, now. Between new bulb sockets x 3, resistors, different bulbs, etc., I'm, for now, sticking with incandescent.
I got a pair of these for the front:
Of course, I need resistors to counteract hyperflash. No biggie! I'm going in-line, yo, because I don't want to cut the wires, even if I'm pretty good at soldering/heat shrinking, so:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252609960029?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Gotta love being in-line resistors, with connectors, so only soldering to correct the bulb end.
Welp, I put the LEDs in, with the resistors. Still have hyperflash.
Okay...I've got something for YOU!!!!! I'll get bulbs which don't hyperflash.
Put those two in the rear, still have a resistor'd LED up front. Hyperflash. I put resistors in front of the pair of rear bulbs. Hyperflash.
Pull the front bulb, put two in-line resistors...hyperflash. Put in an incandescent in the front, with both resistors and supposedly resistor bulbs in the rear.
You guessed it, hyperflash.
I'm returning as much as I can, 'cause I give up. They looked damned good, too, but I'm done.
edit: I've got close to $100 into this, now. Between new bulb sockets x 3, resistors, different bulbs, etc., I'm, for now, sticking with incandescent.
Last edited by mckellyb; 04-27-17 at 03:30 PM.
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04-27-17, 08:21 PM
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Appreciate, thanks for sharing this info!
They were these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K3GBRQ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I got a pair of these for the front:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PGRGSH6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Of course, I need resistors to counteract hyperflash. No biggie! I'm going in-line, yo, because I don't want to cut the wires, even if I'm pretty good at soldering/heat shrinking, so:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252609960029?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Gotta love being in-line resistors, with connectors, so only soldering to correct the bulb end.
Welp, I put the LEDs in, with the resistors. Still have hyperflash.
Okay...I've got something for YOU!!!!! I'll get bulbs which don't hyperflash.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012CQX8LC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Put those two in the rear, still have a resistor'd LED up front. Hyperflash. I put resistors in front of the pair of rear bulbs. Hyperflash.
Pull the front bulb, put two in-line resistors...hyperflash. Put in an incandescent in the front, with both resistors and supposedly resistor bulbs in the rear.
You guessed it, hyperflash.
I'm returning as much as I can, 'cause I give up. They looked damned good, too, but I'm done.
edit: I've got close to $100 into this, now. Between new bulb sockets x 3, resistors, different bulbs, etc., I'm, for now, sticking with incandescent.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K3GBRQ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I got a pair of these for the front:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PGRGSH6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Of course, I need resistors to counteract hyperflash. No biggie! I'm going in-line, yo, because I don't want to cut the wires, even if I'm pretty good at soldering/heat shrinking, so:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252609960029?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Gotta love being in-line resistors, with connectors, so only soldering to correct the bulb end.
Welp, I put the LEDs in, with the resistors. Still have hyperflash.
Okay...I've got something for YOU!!!!! I'll get bulbs which don't hyperflash.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012CQX8LC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Put those two in the rear, still have a resistor'd LED up front. Hyperflash. I put resistors in front of the pair of rear bulbs. Hyperflash.
Pull the front bulb, put two in-line resistors...hyperflash. Put in an incandescent in the front, with both resistors and supposedly resistor bulbs in the rear.
You guessed it, hyperflash.
I'm returning as much as I can, 'cause I give up. They looked damned good, too, but I'm done.
edit: I've got close to $100 into this, now. Between new bulb sockets x 3, resistors, different bulbs, etc., I'm, for now, sticking with incandescent.
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04-28-17, 02:38 AM
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Mind you, the resistors I used are plug-n-play resistors, which may have absolutely nothing inside them. The beefy ones, they're likely just fine.
I am still going to search for a proper solution, though it may wind up being taking enough of the dash apart to get to the flasher unit.
I am still going to search for a proper solution, though it may wind up being taking enough of the dash apart to get to the flasher unit.
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