Hi all -
I recently took up the effort of converting all of the instrument lighting to red on my 04 LC. To do this, I removed the instrument cluster, which was not terribly difficult. After seeing that most of the Instrument lights on the board are surface mounted and soldered LEDs, I used a red translucent material to only allow red light through. This worked well, but it seems that when I put the cluster back in, I had moved the needles on the speedo and tach a bit, causing them to register inaccurate values with the vehicle in operation.
I pulled the cluster apart again tonight and reset the needles back to the zero points with the battery disconnected in the hope it would resolve the issue. Unfortunately it didn't. It seems that at idle, the tach is showing about 100rpm or so, just barely above the zero point. At operation it seems to be about 400 rpm low on the needle. The speedo needle seems to just be a little sticky at the lower speeds.
Any ideas? Is there a good way to get them zeroed properly?
Much appreciated!
I recently took up the effort of converting all of the instrument lighting to red on my 04 LC. To do this, I removed the instrument cluster, which was not terribly difficult. After seeing that most of the Instrument lights on the board are surface mounted and soldered LEDs, I used a red translucent material to only allow red light through. This worked well, but it seems that when I put the cluster back in, I had moved the needles on the speedo and tach a bit, causing them to register inaccurate values with the vehicle in operation.
I pulled the cluster apart again tonight and reset the needles back to the zero points with the battery disconnected in the hope it would resolve the issue. Unfortunately it didn't. It seems that at idle, the tach is showing about 100rpm or so, just barely above the zero point. At operation it seems to be about 400 rpm low on the needle. The speedo needle seems to just be a little sticky at the lower speeds.
Any ideas? Is there a good way to get them zeroed properly?
Much appreciated!