[Shotimes] lighted buttons not lit

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

Thanks.  I think.  That's an awful lot of work.  And my soldering
skills suck.  If I get it apart maybe I'll see if I can get the local
repair shop to replace the bulb(s).

And to think I had an extra cd player laying around that I gave to
Mark Mallory before he left.  My dumb luck.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
   ShoShop y-pipe

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

Putting the F U back in fun.




"Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@peoplepc.com> wrote on 09/19/2003 
10:53:38 AM:

> Mike:
>  The bulbs are called "12 volt T-3/4" . Hard to find. Don't even bother 
with
> Ford or any of the auto parts places. Look in hobby shops. Doll house
> section maybe? About 2.5X5 mm in size. No base just short wire leads.  8
> bulbs total.
> These are a set of instructions I got from Paul Hampton:
> 
> 
> 1.  Remove CD player from dash
> 2. There are 4 Phillips screws holding the front face one. One on each 
side
> and top and bottom. Remove all 4.
> 3. You will find 4 tiny Phillips head screws holding the top and bottom
> covers on in the back.
> 4. Once you have all that loose, gently pry out on the sides of the 
front
> panel, and pop it loose.
> 5. There is a black plastic sheet insulating the back side of the 
panel's
> circuit board, held on by even tinier Phillips head screws. Take them 
off.
> 6. Under the insulator, there are a bunch of blue, rubbery, plastic 
light
> diffusers with the lamps stuffed inside of them.
> 7. Using a LOW wattage soldering iron. Not your Dad's Weller 1200 Watt
> unit!! Unsolder & remove the bad bulbs (Ohm meter will be helpful here.) 
and
> yank the bulbs out of the diffusers.
> 8. Put the diffusers back in place, poke the bulbs inside them and 
solder
> the wires down where the old ones were.
> 9. Reverse the above to reassemble.
> .
> .
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > My factory cd player has some buttons that are not lit up.  Before I
> > open it up, I just want to confirm what I surmise to be the problem.
> > I'm guessing there are small light bulbs in there that project through
> > fiber optics or "fiber optic-like devices" that light up the buttons.
> > I'm guessing one of the bulbs burned out.  Are they a pain in the
> > you-know-what to get to?  Especially if you have big ham hands?
> > Is the Ford dealer the only place to get replacements?
> >
> >
> > Mike Wojton