Instrumentation Illumination Question

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by guruerror

Nope...those little, fragile bulbs are soldered in place.

Greaaat... damn GM. Guess I?ll pull the panel out and send it out. There?s a company we use that does all sorts of repair work to instrument panels, speedometers, radios, etc, etc...

Just out of curiousity, how much was your replacement unit?

New or used?

Thanks,

Mark

[guruerror]

I went with a new one...I think it was just under $200. So far, so good, all buttons still lit.

[OrangeCrush]

Thanks bud, I appreciate it. For under 200 bucks, it?s not worth me taking it out and getting it repaired. I?ll have more in it than that repairing it and shipping.... not to mention downtime.


Thanks,

Mark

[Sundown94]

I know this is an older post and apologize for bringing it up again, but I was just wondering where you all bought your new AC controls at? In an earlier post tonight, I mentioned that I am working on replacing several items in my dash due to bulb issues, and this is one of the items needing replacement. I looked on gmpartsdirect, and they wanted something like $270. Eventually, I will have to replace my guage cluster too (a bulb is out behind the speedo and I have recently lost my PRND321 lighting as well...it is there but just extremely dim). Thanks!

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by Sundown94

I know this is an older post and apologize for bringing it up again, but I was just wondering where you all bought your new AC controls at? In an earlier post tonight, I mentioned that I am working on replacing several items in my dash due to bulb issues, and this is one of the items needing replacement. I looked on gmpartsdirect, and they wanted something like $270. Eventually, I will have to replace my guage cluster too (a bulb is out behind the speedo and I have recently lost my PRND321 lighting as well...it is there but just extremely dim). Thanks!

A few things...

I think (it?s been a while since I pulled mine apart) the PRND321 has regular light bulbs behind it, I can?t remember if they?re LED?s or not. Perhaps someone one here can verify.

The lights on the speedometer can be repaired by someone that works on them.

When I put the diesel in my mine, I needed to replace the gauge cluster with one out of an HD2500. He was able to reprogram, change and fix things I didn?t know you could do on a gauge cluster. (I found him on ebay)

The buttons on the steering wheel can be replaced by popping them out. (I know you didn?t mention it but I?m on a roll...lol)

And last but not least, you may as well suck up the 270 bucks. I was unable to find anything else... not saying it?s not out there, just for the brief amount of time I looked, I didn?t find anything.

Good luck.


Mark

[Sundown94]

Thanks Mark!! I think I will just spend the $270.

I have replaced the steering wheel switches a few times already, so I am getting real good at that.

I did hear that the guage cluster was hard fix, so I will wait for another bulb to burn out and then finally buy a new one I think. If I do that, then I will send my original to someone who can repair it so that I have one "in stock" for when the bulbs in the new one eventually burn out.

So you converted to Diesel? I have read a little about it...seems like a very daunting task, and something for which you will need a lot of spare time and $$ to do. I would love to have diesel in mine, especially since I was pulling a boat for a while and the current engine was struggling on hills. If I ever go back to boating again, it will suck to finally see the H2 go (I'd sell it because I wouldn't try to tow anything now that it has 130K miles on it). I wonder how many people did the conversion and if anyone is selling their diesel H2.

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by Sundown94

I wonder how many people did the conversion and if anyone is selling their diesel H2.

Ask and you shall receive....

H2 diesel
for sale....