Ok,
It seems that the lights which "light-up" my instrument panel on my 1.4 Citroen ZX Neon have finally given up the ghost. They have gradually diminshed from me being able to see everything, to only seeing up to 75mph on the speedo and finally, now, nothing at all! So I have my Haynes manual and have enlisted the help of some friends but was just wondering if it will be a complex job to perform. There is NO airbag so I don't have to worry about that.
Any advice would be greatly received.
Ta!
ZX Instrument Panel Lights
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It's not too bad. Follow Haynes broadly, but... The heater dial bulbs will probably need doing as well, so strip the front off the centre section first (ignore Haynes here you can't get the bulbs from behind). Lift the white clips and pull the front of heater control off (knobs complete with backing strip) then you can change the bulbs. Refit the heater front, but leave the console etc off - this then gives you acres of room to reach in behind the instrument cluster to disconnect the speedo cable (and you can ignore all the advice in Haynes about disconnecting the heater duct etc). Took me about 3 leisurely hours to change all the bulbs.
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I have huge hands, and I can take the insturment panel out of mine without removing much, just the fascia (thats the bi*ch cuz of the fog light buttons) the rest is easy, clipping the speedo cable back on can be a little tricky, but has been faultless for me.
Remove screws at bottom and top of fascia (4 in total, possibly thorx) carefully remove fascia noting where connectors go (dont want rear heated screen done by fog lamp switch.. he he he) undo 2 screws at bottom of insturment panel, and remove it, change bulbs, and reverse the procedure to put it all back to gether, making sure the speedo cable is clipped in place... Lovely job.
Remove screws at bottom and top of fascia (4 in total, possibly thorx) carefully remove fascia noting where connectors go (dont want rear heated screen done by fog lamp switch.. he he he) undo 2 screws at bottom of insturment panel, and remove it, change bulbs, and reverse the procedure to put it all back to gether, making sure the speedo cable is clipped in place... Lovely job.