Ford Truck LED Swap: Dash Lights and Climate Controls
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Adding LEDs into the gauge cluster and climate controls of my Ford Super Duty Truck. These made a huge improvement.
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Sir,
I am the original owner of a 2000 f250 7.3, 4x4, zf6. 240,000 miles. The rpm backlight went out recently, and i remembered your video from a few years ago. Then this one popped up, i subscribe to your channel.
Will be doing this this afternoon. Live in Washington and drive in the dark to and from work most of the time.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Got this accomplished!!! Very nice to have illumination at night time
Joe.. you are spot on with the LED conversion. I tried changing all of the lights and fought the ghosting issue. I then installed all new incandescent bulbs for the indicators and used white LED’s for the illumination…. Best combination for sure! Really appreciate your videos…look forward to more content on this Powerstroke.
NICE VIDEO.....I DID MY DASH LIGHTS WHEN YOU POSTED YOUR ORIGINAL VIDEO.....AND I DISCOVERED THAT THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD LOOK LIKE THEY WERE ON AT NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY OFF.....(I WENT BACK IN AND REMOVED THEM).....IT IS GREAT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ISSUE IN THIS VIDEO.....I DID LEAVE THE L.E.D. BULBS IN MY TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS SINCE THEY ONLY COME ON WHEN IN USE.....ALSO.....I DISCOVERED THAT THE L.E.D. BULBS THAT I USED.....FIT THE 194 AND THE #37 SOCKETS.....SO I ONLY HAD TO BUY ONE TYPE OF L.E.D. BULBS.....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.....
Been watching you for a while, glad you're back to the 7.3 platform. I need to do this to the lights in my excursion, but still putting it off :-)
*** There is a sequence to remove the headlight assembly from the front. I thought it was Bull. Even my Chinese Amazon replacement switch did it.
Turn the headlights on, pull dial out slightly and pry it off. Flip it upside down then put back on, twist to release whole assembly from front.
I’ll have to give that a try!
The whole time I was doing it I was like, no way is this gonna.......
@TheWullywully I will definitely have to try it with mine to. I've had my truck for 24 years now and I still hear of tips and tricks like this 😁👍👍
Commenting for support!!
Happy to see you back in another 7.3! i have 1/2 of my dash lights and heater control lights out, was going to tackle this project this very weekend, so happy to see this pop up in my YT queue! I followed your previous build and while I didn't do everything you did, it was helpful to see your techniques and processes. Glad to see you back, yes, 2x I said it, anxious to see what you have planned. I have a 2003 F250 CC 4wd, I added lighted vanities visors, Gentex rearview mirror with HomeLink and auto dimmer, and a power sliding rear window (not an option for 2003). Keep the videos coming!
Nice work buddy, I now have the info to upgrade my mine. Keep up the great work.
That is Sweeeeeeeeet Joe, very bright! It even brightened up the mileage and trip.Now I can do mine getting tired of the dim lights. Thanks for sharing 👍
Definitely makes a huge difference!
Watching your vids for a while... Going to try a ton of upgrades on my two 97's... I'll keep you posted on the similarities! Good job!
Great tutorial! I did this on my Ranger using Lasfit LED’s, I didn’t replace the indicator ones with them though. Just replaced them with incandescent bulbs like they originally had.
best video on the subject ive seen. My dash is torn apart because repalced the bushings on steering colum......... Thanks will order mine now.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice work looks great!
I actually have two of these trucks that I need to do this too. 2002 F250 and a 2003 F350 dually. Both with 7.3’s of course ! 😁
Thanks for the detailed video! Keep them coming. 👍🏼👍🏼
This was a really good video!!! I really need to get this done I have some lights out.... as always thank you!! And the LED swap looks killer!!!
Excellent video! My '01 Excursion dash lights are almost all shot. Other videos I saw had the OEM audio head so seeing an aftermarket head unit removal was very helpful. Thanks
Not a bad job to do at all
@@LivingOnWheels I’ll order from your links. Happy to support! I’m still trying to diagnose my 7.3 shuddering and stalling. Have changed all the sensors. Waiting for you to do a pigtail replacement video
Woooow 🥰 that looks great! Thank you for a nice and informative video😊👍👍
Such a huge difference for such an inexpensive upgrade!
Another phenomenal video! Thank you!
Thanks Joe! I did buy the LED lights from your other video and going to install all of them.
Life got busy & the truck (‘05 F350 6.0) went into the shop for head gasket.
Also, my environmental switch lights are out so watching to the end of the video was great. Btw, I always do!
I did mine a couple years ago. But I didn't think to do that center part. I guess I have to tear it apart again. But it is a huge upgrade to do this. There is actual color now to the whole dash. Unrelated but nice to do is swap out the center seat/armrest. It was splitting apart. Found a solid plastic replacement part on EBay. Much better.
I agree, I tried replacing the other small bulbs with LED's and it only caused problems. So I changed them back.
Thanks again for all that you do and I used your previous video but thanks for the part numbers of the blubs
Very nice tutorial on exchanging the dash lights.
I have the "walnut burl" dash I'm worried it may be prone to cracking when pried. It is obvious you prep and plan your videos with care.
good vid to go to, still trying to get a nice 7.3 with out spending over 20k kinda challenging with under 200k miles. have a good day.
Get a beat one ! And make it a nice 7.3.
How much are 7.3s with a little over 100k miles going for these days?
@@toddb930 Oregon 35k+, texas 50k and around Indiana 250 mile or so around indiapolis 15 to 25k but I did see a 7.3 with 45k miles for $45 and was a 2001, I've been looking for a year and found very few that meet what I'm looking for so under 200k miles, lariat ed , crewcab and 4wd
Yeah, these things are fetching a pretty penny right now. Especially if you’re looking for a crew cab. Some of the prices are just insane.
@@LivingOnWheels I found 3 different 7.3s all 1999 to 2001 under 10k but defiantly need some tlc,#1- the 1999 is 9k 195k mi, says the truck runs great and has some rocker rust ,goose neck and a flat bed and I do have a truck he wants as a trade, #2- says free so not sure what wrong with it but has 302k mi but really don't want to trade my truck if something is really wrong with it and breaks down and have no mode of transportation to work but it is what I'm looking for as the body and 4wd, #3-2001 dually 4*4 for $5500 says it shifts firm but no slips with 265k mi, says it rusty but trusty. 2 are in my state and 1 is in Illinois, travel to get is is no biggie. with what is pit in here to read, this sounds better, I can work on these and upgrade them in time as well. Im an iron worker so working and fixing things is no problem.
did mine a few years ago and im due for swapping them out again! i went through the whole hassle of scraping the green off. worth it but definitely a tedious job
Did you have to do anything special to get the needles put back in the right place?
@@LivingOnWheels marked it carefully with tale
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Definitely goin to do this now!
Make a big difference!
Looks awesome
As always thanks
Looks good
My next project on my 99
I used that brand of leds from Amazon. For cab lights. They have failed after a few months
I guess we’ll see.
Looks good.
Is there any bulbs in the headlight switch that can be changed as well?
I’m not sure. I don’t recall ever seeing a bulb socket. I think it’s something soldered in there.
Are the indicator bulbs a 37? I only ask because I’d probably want to replace them with regular bulbs along with the LED’s like you did on this video.
To the best of my knowledge they are
Thank you
Can’t find any vids for the 02-04 New style cluster led swap ☹️ I want leds but I don’t know what to do
I can’t imagine that it has much of a difference. I’d open it up and check
@@LivingOnWheels yeah I’m putting mine in the mail soon for a KAM P0603 where the windows won’t work for a while or the radio. I might try after I get it back
My check engine light bulb is burned out. I am doing the LED upgrade as you did in this video. For the Check Engine bulb should I install an LED bulb? Is it ok to replace this one with LED and leave the rest or do you have to keep all of these with the same style bulb?? I watched a video a while back and I think someone said to keep all the same style or could be a problem...??? Good video, thanks. You repeated video from the 4:08-4:20 mark by the way.
I would recommend keeping all the indicator bulbs as halogen and just using LEDs in the illumination slots. You can try swapping it but it might run the risk a being slightly illuminated with the other bulbs. I can’t say for sure. Maybe take the #37 bulb from that one illumination spot and replace your check engine light with it.
And thank you I must’ve missed that in editing.
How has the lighting been working out so far?
Working flawlessly 👍🏻
Is there a bulb in the light switch?
I think the switch illumination is soldered in place but I’m not 100% positive
Did mines with cheap leds after 3 months of working great now they’re all flickering and driving me nuts
That’s annoying. We’ll see how these ones last but I think they should be good.
Not sure if it matters but do the LED bulbs create more or less heat ?
I’m not positive I would think less because they need less electricity.
Can you put in blue ?
You can but like I said, it won’t look very good because of the film.
I got me one of them 303 patches. What unit were you?
They’re actually patches from my brother. His squadron is based out of Pendleton
@@LivingOnWheels Nice, tell him I said he is a NUGIT (New Useless Guy In Training). Keep up the good work.
Is the bulb for the headlight switch replaceable or soldered in place?
I’m not sure on that one. I’m guessing soldered in place since I can think of ever seeing a bulb holder on it.