changing dials to blue on mk2 (Anyone good at French??)

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changing dials to blue on mk2 (Anyone good at French??)

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ok, this was in french but ive put it through a translator. Some parts dont make sense. Me and Lynz are gonna maybe try this next wek sometime

This item explains you how to change the leds and therefore the lighting of your meter.

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For in to know more click on " Continuation. .."





The necessary elements:

-> 8 blue led -> 4 red led -> Iron to solder between 15 and 25 W -> The meter…

Estimated time: 4 at 6 o'clock

Perso I bought leds of 300 mcd for the blue one and of 600 max for the red one, ca can seem a little a lot but some does this is nickel, if you buy led can take you led with a broadcasting angle of 40° that suffices.

For the references:

-> Led cms blue: Ref. kingbright: KPTD-3216QBC-C Ref radiospare: 466-4042 (8,21 € the 10)

-> Led cms red: Ref kingbright: KPTD-3216SURC Ref radiospare: 466-3970 (4,90 € the 20)

I's) Dismantling of the meter (épluchage would have one rather to say)

Has. Extraction of the dashboard.

In first it is necessary to remove the mask that surrounds the meter on the dashboard. For this to do it is necessary to remove the four screw on (key 6 sections) : two over centered plutot and two under on the extremitées, always underneath. Next it there again three screw on that keep the pad meters. Now the First etape a more difficult hair: to withdraw the pad meter without demonter the flying one.

Very important!!! Verify that the baterie is well debranchée, otherwise while climbing back up the meter will have you the pleasure of go with FIAT and to spend 23 € and of the cart (Yes of the cart for one talks about car) because the airbags will have put themselves in default (this is not vraimment that but his poster the same error). Debloquer the vertical position of the flying one and to put it to the more bottom (not the rebloquer) to lower the comodos more possible. Pull the pad towards you while the fact to pivot towards the bottom (to see the behind) and disconnect the connector: for that it is necessary to lower towards the right the red loquet and a leaning on the button that the pad (with less than three hands it is feasible. If if! ). Next rectify the pad and pull the on the left quotation while lowering to the max the flying one and the comodos, his must pass while playing and while forcing just a hair, but really nothing.



b. Dismantling of the pad

First step: to dismantle the pane, it is necessary for that done lever in front with a tournevis on the fixing pates of the pane first the two of the top then the two that are situated on the quotations. (to follow the red arrows)

Second step: to remove the first casquette,en place it is necessary to release the buttons of réglage of the plate of the headlights and edge ordi. For that it is necessary to do for them to do a rotation of 90° towards the interior (cf arrows green so over), then déclipser the cap with a tournevis or with the fingers for the more forts. There is pop videos all around. Same thing for the black bottom.

One meet again therefore with a pad of 2 thickness cm and it is necessary again to remove the film with the graduations and the needles. To remove them ben drawing from it over with the fingers that walks otherwise the method of the fork is there.

To remove the film this hard did step suffice just to raise it while starting with the extremité of the top (cf arrows) and to pass the hands in under. Remain therefore that (one begins seeing the circuit).

To separate the white mask and the circuit electronique, it is necessary to rectify the 6 small ergo métalique with a pointed object (green arrows) and push wedge them in plastic to be able to pull the circuit.

Each not at all white this is a led.

The one that we interressent are the one surrounded by red one.


II) Comes there that I undo you!!

Has. The not easy party

Good you have all your small matters (led bluer and redder or more other, iron etain, etc), one enters now into the not easy party. Parkissoniens and quasi_aveugle abstain you! (Hum seen that I cumul a little the two this is not importantly so hard that his).

To begin it is necessary to do to jump the leds already presents. My method is to raise the led with a pointed thing while one heats a quotation then to pull the led while doing to heat the quoted other. This is can barbaric for the leds but with the few available means….

To place the leds already done attention to the polarity, and it you will laugh to position them, a counsel, smooth the tin remainder on the circuit to remove the asperités and to be able to do to slip the leds more easily.

Watch out while soldering of not too to heat or drop tin all over, the circuit it likes not.

It not you remain more than has to do round trip one to your car to verify if that walks and if you arrive to not to fail the circuit does or have to put leds has the towards: cheer!!

If you take the same leds that me small index, the present ergo on the leds of origins corresponds to the bottom of the T drawn under the led.

On those, good courage and not any trembles during the soudure ^^



Here an apperçu of the final result:




 
hey can u give me the origonal text and ill try and get a hold of my mate Thomas (who has moved over from France) hopefully he can translate it for you and then if it works you can tell me how its done :p
 
No problems, ill try and get a hold of him tomorrow at some point.

Might take him a while to translate it though as I doubt he'll do it on the spot for me (damn frenchies) but ill try my best as i wanna do this mod myself...
 
Alrite Simon - sorry about the delay in gettin back to you - but im afraid its not good news...

My mate said (and he is french)

"it seems quite complicated tho...even if i understand french"..... "hmm i'd say the best is u pay someone to do it for u , u r sure u can't find that in english, i bet u can, no?"

So in short my mate is **** a **** frenchy that not only can he not be a soldier but also he cant translate his own language... sorry...

Let me know how u get on though as the final result looks pretty sweeet
 
ive also been told on puntomk2 website not to bother, so im gonna get someone to do it for me as its different fot the 2b anyway
 
how much and where...............seems pretty simple replacing the original leds with new 1's?
 
I think his name is PappsMk3. Reading throught the posts its a total **** of a job to do. Said he would have info like prices by the end of the week
 
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