[Shotimes] Re: Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs

[fwhittle@mindspring.com]

>From what I gather from the posts, it's fairly easy to remove the assembly from the spoiler, but very difficult to take the assembly apart to replace one LED.  Is this correct?

Frank Whittle
'95 ATX

From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Mike Kopstain'" <SHOtimes@midwestsho.com>,
  <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:15:00 -0500

5 minute swap???? If I'm not mistaken, all of the posts in this thread
basically seem to be saying that it's about 5 minutes times about a 100.

With the limited number of SHO colors, finding one in your color should not
be too tough.

And $150 to paint the spoiler is the "bendover" price. Even so, for $100 for
paint it still appears to be worth it versus the grief that this job looks
to be.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kopstain [mailto:SHOtimes@midwestsho.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:38 PM
To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs


Why do that when it's a 5 minute swap to change the LED assembly...

Plus you can save yourself the $150.00 it costs to paint the spoiler.

~ Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs


> For anybody with a burned out LED (and not just a bad wire), isn't the
> obvious solution to just get a used spoiler from Al?? Even if it needs to
be
> repainted, it sounds like a much easier solution!!
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jim and Debbie Leyden
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:45 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
>
>
> When I opened up a bad one it looked like the LED's were wired in several
> series circuits but I couldn't tell what caused a total failure of the
> entire light.  IIRC Al Fitz said that the most common failure that he has
> seen is the supply or ground wires breaking.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of James F. Ryan III
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:33 AM
> To: Rbade12@aol.com; john_sho92@yahoo.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
>
>
> If the LEDs are in series, the whole unit wouldn't work if a single LED
was
> bad.
>
> James F. Ryan III
>
> >Has anyone had any experience with the replacement of
> >a bad LED?  I see they reccommend replacing it becuase
> >it's in series and such, but how can one open the
> >casing up?  It's all glued together by the factory
> >pretty good..  Any ideas or tips?
>
> >I tried, with partial success. The halves of the unit can be cut/heated
> >apart. Cut down as far as you can around the entire unit, then use
> >a heat gun to
> >warm things up. It took awhile to do, but they did come apart. I
> >had degradation
> >along the entire length of the circuit, so replacement of the bad
> >LED did not
> >completely cure my problem, i.e. all LED's worked, but the light given
off
> >was dull. IMO this is one job not worth screwing around with. $50
> >should get you
> >a working unit.
> >
> >Bob 93 MTX- tucked away for a long winters nap
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