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Tomas7 · #1 01-03-2018, 07:41 PM

do the speaker knob, the A/C knob and the lighter light up?
Mine don't.
If they do, what am I missing?

Thanks in advance.

ScooterABC · #2 01-03-2018, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomas7

do the speaker knob, the A/C knob and the lighter light up?

No. Those do not light up. The hazard knob will flash and the rear window defrost will light up. The ashtray is (poorly) illuminated by a fiber optic running from a bulb on the RIGHT side of the tunnel. The bulb is hidden behind a plastic button that is just on the side of the tunnel console.

Tomas7 · #3 01-04-2018, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ScooterABC

No. Those do not light up. The hazard knob will flash and the rear window defrost will light up. The ashtray is (poorly) illuminated by a fiber optic running from a bulb on the RIGHT side of the tunnel. The bulb is hidden behind a plastic button that is just on the side of the tunnel console.

That doesn't light either, I'll try and fix it today.

Thank you very much.

ScooterABC · #4 01-04-2018, 11:32 AM

The ashtray light is so pathetic that it might be working and you can't see it.

Tomas7 · #5 01-04-2018, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ScooterABC

The ashtray light is so pathetic that it might be working and you can't see it.

Maybe THIS would be a good candidate for an LED!
I'll research and give an update.

ScooterABC · #6 01-04-2018, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomas7

Maybe THIS would be a good candidate for an LED!
I'll research and give an update.

If I remember correctly, the plastic plug in the side of the console houses one bulb and part of the thing that it goes into has a fiber optic that goes to the ashtray. I could be remembering this wrong. You would have to get the LED to shine into the fiber optic, rather than 90 degrees away from the fiber optic.

Tomas7 · #7 01-04-2018, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ScooterABC

If I remember correctly, the plastic plug in the side of the console houses one bulb and part of the thing that it goes into has a fiber optic that goes to the ashtray. I could be remembering this wrong. You would have to get the LED to shine into the fiber optic, rather than 90 degrees away from the fiber optic.

OK, thanks!