MB DOC, its maybe $10 in parts and a can of beer to try it. What's my downside? We have some football games coming up. Soldering during halftime sounds like a match made in heaven.

Peter, thanks for the info, I would not have thought about the transistors. I will replace them just because they are cheap and I now know they have been know to fail. I suffer from the 'While you are in there' syndrome...... It may be a week longer for results since I may have to order the parts but with this weather and a convertible, I am in no hurry.

I will, of course, check the traces for breaks. Its dead. Its not like I can make it much worse. I will let you know whether this works or not.

Peter, since you mentioned that bulb, while I have the cluster out, I may as well refresh the illumination for the whole cluster. I can't help but wonder about LED replacements just from a MTBF standpoint. For other contributors, since there is usually a ton of bling on eBay, keep in mind, I just want replacement. I don't care about bling; no colors, strobes, or holographic hookers. Just functionally equivalent LED illumination. Anyone have any recommendations within those parameters?