Thread: This Girl found a Real Gem :)

welcome to the forum

also try rockauto.com for any parts. they have a ton of stuff, yes, even body parts. and they will be knew, and thats the cheapest place to find them.

keep eye on the for sale section too, theres alotta good deals on there for the most part.

Thank you so much! RockAuto is awesome! My brother helped me figure out why I wasn't getting any Window Washing Fluid to come out and we figured it's the pump, NOT the fuse, because we emptied the container and saw that the DIC is notifying us that it's almost empty.

I bought some stuff to clean inside and I'll get around to washing the outside as soon as I have a nice day.

I'm noticing paint is cracking in a few places. I think I'm going to do my best to make it shine and figure out what to do from there.

Thanks guys, you're all great!

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so do you have a digital dic in there or analog? any interior shots??? Reason I ask is because I also have a 97 SE with the 3800. If its a digital dic there are three bulbs inside of it that give it the illumination you need to be able to read it clearly. You'll have to take apart the dash bezel. Two screws underneath by the kick panel (one on each side) They should be phillips or you can use a 1/4 inch socket? I don't remember what size off the top of my head to be honest. once you remove those two screws you should be able to pull up and towards the drivers seat on the lower plastic trim(piece under the steering wheel) and it should pop off since there are only two clips that hold it in place. The upper part of your bezel is only held in by clips , I usually start by pulling on it from the top-down and towards you. Also a helpful tip is to lower your steering wheel and using the shift lock release on the side of your shift lever so you can put the shift lever all the way in 1 (this will give you extra space). Then after you have the bezel/trim off you can get to your DIC. Its only held in place by a clip on each side. Gently pull it from right to left to avoid snapping the plastic clips off it

Then you can pull the dic out the rest of the way and unplug it. You'll have to remove the face of the dic by gently using a real small thin blade screw driver to press the clips in a little bit,(kind of working your way around the dic) once you pop the face off it you'll see a couple tiny screws that hold the DIC/circuit board inside of the black plastic housing. They are a torx bit screw but since I didn't have my torx bits handy I was able to use a precision screw driver(straight tip) that was tiny enough to fit inside the screw head. Just unscrew them and set them aside. Next you'll have to un-clip the circuit board from the black housing. Once you do that it should slide out easily. There are three bulbs on the back of the circuit board. ( I believe they are # 74 bulbs, someone correct me if I'm wrong) They will just twist out of there, then you can replace them with new ones. Then you basically put everything back together the way it came apart.

Anyways welcome to the club and if you need any help feel free to ask anytime