199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

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199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

September 22, 2015, 08:34:29 PM

Here's the source I got from JCassity: 199mph electronic speedo modification- by bondocougar
http://www.coolcats.net/modifying/199speedo.html

I have just finished the project, and can vouch that it works. If I can figure out pictures to this post, I'll add the steps I took. I have ran into an issue though. I've lost Illumination for the speedometer (Just in the speedo)

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #1 – September 22, 2015, 08:40:50 PM

Took roughly three hours with breaks to mess with. Thought I burnt the board for a moment while working this out.

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #2 – September 22, 2015, 08:42:11 PM

You probably need to replace the bulb in the speedo, if that's the only thing that went dark

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #3 – September 22, 2015, 08:50:13 PM

Hoping that to be the case, long process for just a bulb; but it beats the alternative. Thanks for the response.

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #4 – September 23, 2015, 06:59:31 PM

Alright, took it most the way apart, and the illumination is back. Project successful.

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #5 – September 25, 2015, 10:10:06 AM

whew!,
I was about to say,, that's a lot of jumper there!

don't need anything but a tiny hair of wire 30awg - 22awg at best

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #6 – October 04, 2015, 05:18:23 PM

No doubt, just took two strands of copper out of a wire and braided them. Figured that if I'm going through the effort of doing it, I wanted to make sure it was sturdy. Overkill in this case was the best medicine.

199mph Electronic Speedo Mod success. And loss of illumination.

Reply #7 – November 19, 2015, 03:00:34 AM

I tried this when bondo cougar first posted this. I took it all apart, got my jumper wire and soldering iron all ready to go, tinned the soldering iron a bit and as I got ready a blob of solder fell right in the center of the w-2 spot. I went huh, through it all back together without the jumper and just the solder and it worked fine. I was 16btw.