How to change the dashboard(Speedometer) light in Toyota Corolla 97

Hi,
I have been trying to find of how I can change the
dashboard(Speedometer) light, in Toyota Corolla 97. I think one of the
3 bulbs in it is bad. Any help or guidance will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
AS

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:11:56 -0800, reachsinha wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I have been trying to find of how I can change the
> dashboard(Speedometer) light, in Toyota Corolla 97. I think one of the
> 3 bulbs in it is bad. Any help or guidance will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks
> AS[/color]

Three or 4 screws at the top of the cluster shroud, three or 4 more at the
bottom. Remove the bezel; 6-10 screws hold the instr. panel in. Snake it
past the steering wheel.

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[email]reachsinha@gmail.com[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I have been trying to find of how I can change the
> dashboard(Speedometer) light, in Toyota Corolla 97. I think one of the
> 3 bulbs in it is bad. Any help or guidance will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks
> AS[/color]

While you are in there, replace all the bulbs - they are cheap. I had
the same problem and replaced the one faulty bulb... I ended up with
slightly different brightness on the gauge where I replaced the bulb...
(I'm picky)... to top it off, another bulb blew two weeks later, so I
had to pop out the cluster again ... 2nd time around, I replaced ALL
the bulbs... so far so good.

Cheers,
Nirav

"njmodi" <njmodi2@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>reachsinha@gmail.com wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> I have been trying to find of how I can change the
>> dashboard(Speedometer) light, in Toyota Corolla 97. I think one of the
>> 3 bulbs in it is bad. Any help or guidance will be highly appreciated.
>> Thanks
>> AS[/color]
>
>While you are in there, replace all the bulbs - they are cheap. I had
>the same problem and replaced the one faulty bulb... I ended up with
>slightly different brightness on the gauge where I replaced the bulb...
>(I'm picky)... to top it off, another bulb blew two weeks later, so I
>had to pop out the cluster again ... 2nd time around, I replaced ALL
>the bulbs... so far so good.
>
>Cheers,
>Nirav[/color]

This might interest you...I flew for many years as a Flight
Engineer...on the F/E panel of the last a/c I flew there were
somewhere around sixty warning lights and power indicator lights.

Each one is in it's own holder which has a 'press to test'
feature built into it. It used to be our procedure when doing a
'pre-flight inspection' to 'press-to-test' every one of them to
ensure that the bulb was ok. Now, seeing as how a bulb's most
stressful event it just at the 'start of operation', I used to
argue against this process...I wrote suggestion after suggestion
that we abandon this wasteful and counterproductive action.

Guess what?...my suggestion was finally adopted and they started
doing that test on 100 hour inspections only by ground techs...I
didn't earn a hockeysock full of money but it sped our
'preflights' up a bit!...
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

Gord Beaman wrote:[color=blue]
> This might interest you...I flew for many years as a Flight
> Engineer...on the F/E panel of the last a/c I flew there were
> somewhere around sixty warning lights and power indicator lights.
>
> Each one is in it's own holder which has a 'press to test'
> feature built into it. It used to be our procedure when doing a
> 'pre-flight inspection' to 'press-to-test' every one of them to
> ensure that the bulb was ok.[/color]

<snipped>

Gordon, that is indeed an interesting story. I suppose the circuitry
to turn on all the lights at once like in a car does with the key in
the ON position would be too cumbersome (in terms of wiring) to have on
most newer aircraft. Plus having to actually press each lamp to test
it requires the tester to be more thorough than just pressing a master
button, and most likely less annoying than having the entire instrument
panel light up at once.

Cheers,
Nirav

"njmodi" <njmodi2@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>Gord Beaman wrote:[color=green]
>> This might interest you...I flew for many years as a Flight
>> Engineer...on the F/E panel of the last a/c I flew there were
>> somewhere around sixty warning lights and power indicator lights.
>>
>> Each one is in it's own holder which has a 'press to test'
>> feature built into it. It used to be our procedure when doing a
>> 'pre-flight inspection' to 'press-to-test' every one of them to
>> ensure that the bulb was ok.[/color]
>
><snipped>
>
>Gordon, that is indeed an interesting story. I suppose the circuitry
>to turn on all the lights at once like in a car does with the key in
>the ON position would be too cumbersome (in terms of wiring) to have on
>most newer aircraft. Plus having to actually press each lamp to test
>it requires the tester to be more thorough than just pressing a master
>button, and most likely less annoying than having the entire instrument
>panel light up at once.
>
>Cheers,
>Nirav[/color]

Well, actually some lights did get tested that way, the engine
fire extinguisher pull bars were all tested at once with one
switch but the others were all done singly...
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

"njmodi" <njmodi2@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>Gord Beaman wrote:[color=green]
>> This might interest you...I flew for many years as a Flight
>> Engineer...on the F/E panel of the last a/c I flew there were
>> somewhere around sixty warning lights and power indicator lights.
>>
>> Each one is in it's own holder which has a 'press to test'
>> feature built into it. It used to be our procedure when doing a
>> 'pre-flight inspection' to 'press-to-test' every one of them to
>> ensure that the bulb was ok.[/color]
>
><snipped>
>
>Gordon, that is indeed an interesting story. I suppose the circuitry
>to turn on all the lights at once like in a car does with the key in
>the ON position would be too cumbersome (in terms of wiring) to have on
>most newer aircraft. Plus having to actually press each lamp to test
>it requires the tester to be more thorough than just pressing a master
>button, and most likely less annoying than having the entire instrument
>panel light up at once.
>
>Cheers,
>Nirav[/color]

I'm just reminded of an interesting story about some twin engined
jetliner (maybe a 737?) which has one switch to test both
engine's fire detectors.

This a/c had been in service for several years when it had an
engine fire warning on the port engine immediately after
takeoff...there was no visual indications of fire but the
procedure was to pull the fire pull bar which shut down the
engine and fire the extinguisher bottles into it...the crew
declared an emergency and asked for an immediate circuit and
return to the same runway.

All was fine until short final when the starboard engine erupted
into flames and failed completely... long story short was that
the fire warning wires had been crossed when the a/c was built
years before and because of the single test switch the
discrepancy had never shown up!...

This could be an urban legend but it seemed authentic...and would
appear possible...anyone know any jet twin with a single 'engine
fire warning test switch' for both engines?
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)