Re: Backlight on trip computer problems????

[Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>]

Both light the computer.  One bulb for day time.  One for night.  Replace
them both.  Get the lights at your dealer's parts dept.  They shouldn't
cost more than ~$3 each.  Exorbitant for what it is but hardly worth a
major effort to save a buck.

At 09:06 PM 8/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Q-List,
>
>I got some questions about how the the way the computer is backlit on my 
>86 4kcs Q.  When I first purchased my 4kQ about 5 months ago the trip
>computer backlight when I turned the lights on would not always come on
>with the instrament panel lights.  So I would give it a "little tap" and it
>would then turn on.  Well most recently the "little tap" method has not
>been working.  So, I for the 102nd time had to pull my instrament panel out
>to find out what was wrong.  It is amazing that I never noticed this
>before, but it appears there are 2 bulbs to backlight the trip computer.
>Why are there 2 of these bulbs?  It looks like one of the two bulbs may be
>burned out.  The bulb that looks burned out is the clear one, not the one
>that has the "silvery matallic" color on the inside of the bulb.  
>
>Now, when I pulled out both of the bulbs and turned on the computer and
>hooked everything back up trying to troulbleshoot I found the computer LCD
>display still worked, but of course no backlight.  Which light bulb then
>lights up the LCD display then?  So I guess my question is, where can I
>buy, (besides the dealer which is a couple of blocks from my apt) a
>replacement bulbs for both of these.  Since that is probably my best bet.
>If anyone has had this problem please let me know.  I feel like this may be
>a tough one since many people probably have not explerienced this problem.
>Man, I hope I do not have a short, damn electrical gremlines.
>
>Chad Frederick
>86 4kcs Q (My pride and joy)
>84 318i (thank god I am selling it tommarrow)
>
>P.S. I have always kind of wondered, what is the adjustment nob on the face
>of the tachometer that you can access with an allen head, on the out side
>ot the display glass for? (nice run on sentance)
>
>
>
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   Bob
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