Burned out dash shift light, replaced with homemade LED

[skywise]

My drive (D) shift light had been burned out for some time and I finally decided to dig into the dash cluster and see what was inside.
After reading that the bulbs were only available from Toyota for silly amounts of money, I decided I'd try my hand at a permanent solution.
After checking with the LED calculator:
http://metku.net/index.html?sect=vie...calc/index_eng

I whipped up a close resistance and soldered together this:
http://www.gawd.mb.ca/camry/ledshift/
(I would've attached the pics but I don't seem to be able to attach things)
It worked out nicely, but the light is a little to one side, could use some aiming but since I used an amber LED (didn't have any whites in the basement) I put it in the reverse socket to it's not a big deal it's a bit off

I also moved the bulbs around while I was in there, put L1 and L2 into Drive and Park.

Sky

[WhiteRabbit]

you can buy some at superbrightleds.com you know =)

search size 74

[skywise]

Pththth, just buying them is no fun.
It was a fun learning experience and I had all the bits in the basement.
Thanks for the link though, maybe I'll grab some for next time.
(not that I think that'll happen anytime soon, D held out for 8 years, the rest should hold for a good while longer)

Sky

[secrecyguy]

How about a pictures of it working?

[ASG14]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

you can buy some at superbrightleds.com you know =)

search size 74

The #74 bulb is 3x the size of the D bulb.

[skywise]

Originally Posted by secrecyguy

How about a pictures of it working?

Sure, I'll grab one tonight or tomorrow.

Ok, pics grabbed and webpage updated. (http://www.gawd.mb.ca/camry/ledshift/)
Specifically, the pics in question are:
New R LED: http://www.gawd.mb.ca/camry/ledshift.../DSC02375.html
Old P bulb: http://www.gawd.mb.ca/camry/ledshift.../DSC02377.html

Sky

[skywise]

Bump my edit up.

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by ASG14

The #74 bulb is 3x the size of the D bulb.

eh, looked like a 74 to me from the picture :shrug:

[leasaunce]

you don't have to do LED, I found another way to light up and it'll look somewhat like the lexus optitron instruments
http://www.lexus-europe.com/technolo....asp?model=All

[WhiteRabbit]

^care to share then?

i found the LED bulb that goes to the "D"

superlumination.com has them, Type B LEDs