Recently picked up this 02 LX470 and noticed all the needles on the outer gauges aren’t illuminated. I think there are also a few other indicator lights not working on the dash as well but I’m not sure which ones. Any thoughts?
Gauge needle light
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Pull the instrument cluster out, then remove two bottom bolts that hold the two wire plugs behind (no clips to remove, just a bolt hold the a wire plug to the cluster). Replace all bulbs with OEM bulbs and call it a day. When installing, carefully mount both wire plugs and get the two bolts in, just hand tight these two, it will not bottom out like an ordinary bolt.
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So its needles themselves aren’t individually lit?
I believe so. It is a light bulb that shines on a fiber optic like material. I do not have that setup in my LC 100, but same instrument cluster.
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Sweet I’m glad it’s a simple fix. My oil pressure gauge is dead, that’ll probably be a harder fix
Shouldn't be. Make sure the oil pressure sender (located near the oil filter) has the wire plugged in. It is a ground wire and with pressure, the resistance change and reports to the dash gauge cluster. These gauges never fail or the oil pressure sender. Make sure the wire is not broken.
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Oh thank you I will check it out tonight!