Getting To Dash Lights!!!

[clidge]

hi there guys how do you get to the bulbs on the speedos etc etc i want to remove my serv light and airbag light cheers thanks a guide would be great cheers

 

[TomTom]

Have you wiggled the airbag/pretensioner wiring under the seats yet?

 

[clidge]

hi there mate no its not that i have a momo steering wheel on the car which came with the resistor to turn the light off but has now started to come on cos of those crappy little resistors just wondered is it possible to remove these lights at all or would it damage the circuit and make more lights come on cheers...my local garage have said because they are leds they cant be removed but i know they are not renault specialists and probably dont want to do the work to be honest!!!

 

[biojo]

to get to the lights and theresurface mount leds , u need to take the full top part dash out

 

[clidge]

is that a big job mate? so you can take individual lights out then no problem? thanks in advance

 

[alexbleubolt]

u have to un -solder them ? search the forum their is some photos of the circuit board

 

[clidge]

thats great mate thank you i cant seem to find anything on search any help please? so it can be done no problem then greatnews!!!

 

[christurbo]

You dont know how to search .... I posted all info litterally about a day or two ago.

Best bet to search on me or look here:-

http://renaultsport-clio.blogspot.com/

 

[christurbo]

Guide written for you


http://renaultsport-clio.blogspot.com/

 

[bmh.01]

I wouldn't go choping things out to the clocks imo, just get some more resistors of the correct value. The values are in edde's airbag faq.

 

[clidge]

thats a good poit mte how do i get to the resistor in my momo how do i remove the steering wheel is it easy cheers mate do these resistors fail very often ? what is the reason they do this thanks

 

[bmh.01]

No idea how you get to the one in the momo wheel, but it shouldn't be too hard to remove as they only bolt on. They shouldn't really fail but they can they just break down internally and if the resistance changes past so far it isn't the right value so the airbag computer flags an error.

Theres plenty of places on the internet where you can get them from, or a maplins if you've got one near you.

 

[clidge]

cheers mate thanks for that if i can get the wheel off may have a go myself cheers thanks pal

 

[christurbo]

I wouldn't go choping things out to the clocks imo, just get some more resistors of the correct value. The values are in edde's airbag faq.

^^^^^ Nothing was "chopped" the recess was covered blocking the light!!!^^^

You may be a lucky one if you got all the resistors to work!

I fitted 3.3ohm resistors to all relevant pins in the the whole car [done following edde's notes] and got all of them working including the pretentioners, and seatbelt circuits, except for my drivers airbag - hence tape over the recess in the display.

See:-

http://renaultsport-clio.blogspot.com/2006/10/172-stripped-fitted-buckets-harnesses.html#links


and

http://renaultsport-clio.blogspot.com/2006/09/omp-superquadro-steering-wheel-fitted.html#links



Some pics:-

Wheel:-

Here is one of the 2 x airbag connectors - they connect to a main connector which I tried the resistors in and they still didnt work!

Seats:-

 

[clidge]

cheers mate for that is there any chance of a detailed and i mean detailed guide so i can do it myself i have looked on your site mate and i cant find a detailed exact guide what to do and where to start cheers many thanks

 

[christurbo]

The guide is the last post in my blog:-

http://renaultsport-clio.blogspot.com/

More specific:-

http://renaultsport-clio.blogspot.com/2006/12/speedo-recalibrated-and-dash-guide.html#links

 

[clidge]

cheers for that mate i hope it is easy i would love to have a go myself!!!

 

[clidge]

how long should it take to do this mate any pitfalls to look for and how did you know your speedo was out mate cheers

 

[christurbo]

It took me the first time about 1h 30mins and thats not knowing where the screws, clips, or how to do any of it!

2nd time took me about 30 mins if that.

I knew my speedo was about 5-10mph because It just seemed wrong! So I plugged in my Tomtom and snooper S4 to find out exactly how 'out' I was! I then readjusted it [by taking the dash off again! Doh] and measured it against Snooper S4.

You will be fine if you mark out where your dials point to when in standby mode [I didnt!]

 

[clidge]

cheers mate i will try and have a go myself hope i dont break anything woopps!!! anything to look for mate and be careful of and what do you mean standby mate do you mean idle?? explain?

 

[christurbo]

Just get stuck in!

Nothing to really watch out for - just follow my guide!

standby - I meant off lol!!!