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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: pork_pie on 31 August 2007, 04:57

Title: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: pork_pie on 31 August 2007, 04:57

hi all

has anyone ever replaced the blue LED that tells you your main beams are on?  i know its gonna be a dash out job *sigh* but i need to know if i need to de-solder it from a PCB, or if it just plugs in.  also, can anyone tell me where i can get one?  apparently if this light doesnt work, its an MOT failure  :angry:

cheers

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: Mew on 31 August 2007, 11:28

Mine doesn't work and it passed an MOT. It just got put as an advisory, but the guy said it would never be a fail.

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: pork_pie on 31 August 2007, 17:38

aye, i think the guy was just an ass to be honest.

but, i would still like to fix it, makes life a little easyer...

cheers Mew

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: andydavey on 01 September 2007, 18:52

Are you sure it's the LED that's failed? They rarely do when not exposed to voltages outside their rated range, I'd look elsewhere for the problem personally.

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: herbster on 01 September 2007, 20:45

 :smiley:
they do blow, had to do this job on my passat years ago, they are pennies from the dealers and just push in the mounts, good luck, the dash isn't that bad just take your time and it will be good.

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: pork_pie on 02 September 2007, 00:31

its not compleatly gone tbh, its just really dim.  didnt make that clear, soz.  would this point to another problem?  a high resistance somewhere?  or maybe the LED is fitted back to front?

glad to hear its not a soldering job.

thanks for the comments

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: andydavey on 02 September 2007, 23:20

Mine's pretty dim as well actually, never bothered me though I have to say. If it was in the wrong way round it wouldn't work at all, also they don't half blow as it were, they either work or they don't so changing the LED won't fix the problem in your case.

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: russ-vdub on 03 September 2007, 17:41

being an electronic engineer i have to agree with the above post, if its dim changing it wont necessarily solve the problem.. bad earths contribute to dim leds..

anyways y the worry bout soldering, its a doddle  :tongue:

Title: Re: Main bean "warning" light
Post by: pork_pie on 04 September 2007, 15:48

righto, i will get the diagrams out, and look for a bad earth. 

i know its a doddle, i just hate soldering LOL