Dim Cluster Lights

[SAP1]

Does anybody know why the lights on the cluster are so dim? I've changed the switch and no difference.

Thanks

[Speedtouch]

Have you tried rotating it - it also acts as the lamp dimmer!

[SAP1]

Yeah tried that haha! Still no difference

[Speedtouch]

Maybe one or more of your backlight bulbs are blown, or on their way out.

It's a fairly easy job to remove the cluster and the bulbs just untwist at the back.

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... eplacement

[SAP1]

Changed the bulbs aswell. Could it be the SI board battery?

[Speedtouch]

Unlikely, but possible. Did you fit bulbs of the correct wattage?

[SAP1]

Yep 3w bulbs

[Speedtouch]

In that case, check the connections to the back are secure, and that you have a good earth.

Do the rest of the instruments and SI lights work OK?

[SAP1]

Well sometimes I put the ignition on and get 5 green lights and then sometimes I get 2

[Speedtouch]

That may well be indicative of duff SI batteries then.

[Billwill]

Could be a bad ground on the dimmer switch...try shorting either wire on the dimmer switch to a good clean ground point..these wires go to ground (G100) I think in any case.