[Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs

Tue, 2 Dec 2003 09:12:41 -0500

What about the SE's, or what ever they were?  Do they have the
brake light in them?  I've never noticed.  I see alot of them around
here.  Might be easier to find in a Salvage Yard (just for you Al)
than an SHO.

Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 12/02/2003 07:54:32 AM:

> The easiest way is to replace the complete LED light. It is very easy to 
do,
> BUT... Where are you going to get one? I get calls for the light by 
itself
> and unless I have one in a broken spoiler, I don't sell them. (What am I
> going to do with a spoiler that has a giant hole in it?)
> 
> So the alternative is to replace the whole spoiler in your color or have 
it
> painted.
> 
> Right now I have two spoilers, one black with a slight crack in the 
spoiler
> and one red.
> 
> Al Fitz
> alfitz@alfitz.com
> 
> 
> 
> > Alright Al, got any good ones? thanks..  Preferably
> > White?  if not white, how much would a paint job
> > cost?? :)  Thanks gang!
> >
> > -John
> >
> >
> > --- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> > > 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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