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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / April 2004

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Replace in-dash lightbulbs on 1995 Explorer XLT

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flakrat - 02 Mar 2004 06:40 GMT
Howdy, I have a light bulb or 2 (in particular, behind the fuel gauge) that
have gone out.
The dealer (while estimating other maintenance charges) said it'd be $80 to
replace the bulbs.
I can live without them for $80, but the price makes me suspect that 99% is
labor charges, meaning 1.5 hours worth of work.  Is this a correct
assumption? (for a first time bulb changer?)

At any rate, can I get replacement bulbs at my local Autozone or Pep Boys?

Also, what is involved in replacing the bulbs?  Are there a series of screws
I take out to pop the dash off, or do I just reach behind and feel my way?

One last question, my odometer stops working from time to time (I hear a
clicking when it stops turning, so my guess is it's cable driven and the
gears are skipping), while I'm changing the bulbs will I be able to get to
and diagnose the problem with the odometer?

Thanks,
Mike
Bob Kegel - 03 Mar 2004 04:20 GMT
> At any rate, can I get replacement bulbs at my local Autozone or Pep Boys?
>
> Also, what is involved in replacing the bulbs?  Are there a series of screws
> I take out to pop the dash off, or do I just reach behind and feel my way?

See http://www.glue.umd.edu/~singletn/web/pages/instruments.html . Haven't
done this myself, but have the same bulb burned out on the wife's '95. I'll
replace all the bulbs so I only have to do it once.
JonnyCab? - 03 Mar 2004 18:45 GMT
The illumination bulbs are #194.

Get the 194LL bulbs, if you can.  They have longer rated lives.
Harley D. - 03 Mar 2004 21:22 GMT
> At any rate, can I get replacement bulbs at my local Autozone or Pep Boys?
>
> Also, what is involved in replacing the bulbs?  Are there a series of screws
> I take out to pop the dash off, or do I just reach behind and feel my way?

Mike, I just replaced all of my bulbs in my 95 Explorers dash. I
noticed a few would go out and after a while only one worked. I bought
my bulbs from Wal-Mart. There's quite a bit of labor to unscrew all of
those screws but the whole job took me about an hour to complete. From
1 to 10, 10 being the worst I would say it is about a 7.

HD
flakrat - 04 Mar 2004 22:38 GMT
Thanks for the info y'all, 3 good useful response, off to the auto parts
store :)

> > At any rate, can I get replacement bulbs at my local Autozone or Pep Boys?
> >
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> HD
fuzzie - 26 Apr 2004 16:09 GMT
Has anyone seen these photos...it appears to be pretty detailed:
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46290&highlight=indiglo+das
h+panel+lights+replace

 
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