Thread: Replacing bulbs in radio, not working

Ok so I've followed this great guide here:

http://www.grandprixforums.net/04-gp...fix-34355.html

And replaced these bulbs:



both in the blue circles and the green circle (the green circle ones being the biggest culprits and what the guide was primarily written up for). The ones I replaced in blue (3mm bulbs IIRC) work fine now, when it's dark. When it's sunny out, they don't light up (and I believe that's normal). The problem is the new "green" ones don't light up at all, day or night. The bulbs are good, tested with a 9v battery before installation. The stock bulbs that came out were definitely bad, they didn't light up at all with the 9v. Aren't those 3 supposed to be on all the time? Because my LCD display is totally blanked out now that those 3 bulbs aren't lighting up. Any ideas/suggestions?

Also, big thanks to Bio248 and drmurdoc for the guide.

Anyone have any ideas, or did I post this in the wrong sub-forum? I took a 9v battery with test lead wires and when I touch any one of the 3 bulbs they do light up, so that's good, now its just a matter of powering them somehow, I guess?

If they are led you may have put them in backwards

No, just regular bulbs, and as I said, they light up when 9v battery touches the leads, so I know they're soldered in properly.

When it's dark, yes, almost all of them light up. Like I said earlier, if I'm not mistaken the 3 in question (the ones in the green circle) are supposed to be on all the time, not just when it's dark out, but I could be wrong.

Ok, something's definitely wrong with the radio, I got a replacement off ebay which has (at least 1) good bulb in the faceplate, and it doesn't light up at all, either (I'm talking, I swapped faceplates not the entire radio, the entire radio won't work due to theftlock, obviously). This 'replace the bulbs, should be an easy project and take you about 2 hours' has turned into a major NIGHTMARE for me. Anybody know how to get this working, or tap off power somewhere to force these lights to light up?

HELP!!

Yes, as I said: "I got a replacement off ebay which has (at least 1) good bulb in the faceplate" ... so how/where do I tap into an ignition circuit, somewhere inside the radio itself, or elsewhere?

Well, sorted now. Had the dealer unlock the radio I got off ebay, put my fixed faceplate on that radio, and now everything finally lights up as it should. This project has turned into an absolute expensive nightmare, and I probably would have been better off putting an aftermarket radio in. I'm not sure what went wrong in my radio that stopped lighting up just those 3 lights (and of course, the most important 3 of the entire radio) but I'm not handy enough to trace out what went bad and the places I've called want $60/hr or more for diag, not worth it.