Package of bulbs you need to get from Radio Shack for about $1.60 Click for larger view of package

Picture of one bulb next to ruler

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Replacing the Outside Temperature Display Bulb

Move the steering wheel out and down.  Put a rag over the steering 
column, it scratches easily (If you scratch it you will notice it 
ever time you get in the car).  


There are two screws holding the trim underneath the instrument panel.  
It comes out and to the left, there is a two inch pin on the right end.  
There are three screws holding the instrument panel in.  




It will be easier to unhook the wires from the panel so you can work 
on it in the house, etc.  I just removed the temperature display module 
from the panel and left the panel in the car.  There are two screws 
holding the wire on the temp. display module to the panel, and two 
screws holding the unit itself.  




I guess this would also be a good time to change out all the bulbs 
for 2W (this came to light after I was in there). 




Take the module out and remove the electrical tape around the unit.  
There are two screws to remove which hold the unit together.  I had 
to bend the wires down to work on the piece, be careful.  Once you 
have it apart it is pretty obvious which bulb is out, it is in the 
middle of the board, soldiered in from the back.  I used de-soldiering 
braid to remove the solder from the back of the board where it held 
in the bulb. If you get all the soldier up it should fall out.  Be 
careful, it is pretty cramped on the board.  The replacement bulb 
can be bought at Radio Shack.  There are pictures of it right above.


The one you want is 12V, and it has two un-insulated wires, about two 
inches long.  Obviously you have to cut the wires down to the same 
length as the burnt out bulb.  Soldier the bulb in from the back, 
just like it was before.  Watch that you don't overrun any solider 
to the nearby wires on the board.  At this point plug it in, and see 
if it works.  From here basically you follow the directions in reverse 
order.

             Dean Ferrera
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