Rickpercy87 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Typical, my engine management light no longer works. How difficult is it to replace the bulb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Typical, my engine management light no longer works. How difficult is it to replace the bulb?Did it ever work? Like did you ever see it light up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpercy87 Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Did it ever work? Like did you ever see it light up?Yeah, it was working at least 2 months ago. Never noticed it go out. Went to trade it in for an integra type R yesterday and the salesman spotted it! Iv'e hooked it up to vagcom and no errors reported so luckily nothing major is happening without me knowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 The guy at the Seat garage I use says they are all little LEDs on a mother board, seat can scan the clocks but new clocks are upwards of 6/700 pounds apparently, he also said there are some companies dotted around that repair them but he didn't say names or cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpercy87 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Do you know how difficult it would be to get to the panel and change the bulb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 it isn't a difficult job to take the clocks out, but you can't change the bulb once you get them out. the clock units are sealed and if I remember correctly, the only bulbs that exist are the illumination ones, the others being leds which are smd devices. surface mount devices require special equipment to work on them, hence it's not a diy job. are you convinced it's not the wiring, which is more likely? geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarosa Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 I couldn't tell you but its looking like im going to have to do the same on a lupo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 you could always pick up another set of clocks, but remember that you will need to recode them using vagcom. nothing in life is simple! geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 you could always pick up another set of clocks, but remember that you will need to recode them using vagcom. nothing in life is simple! geoffWhat does the recoding require? I thought it was just a case of plugin, but the mileage would be wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 don't know exactly skezza. but when I've done engine swaps in the past to avoid complications the original clocks were required. if you're using vag com a lot you may be able to tell me exactly what is required. geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoid Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Looks like if your feeling kinky it can be donehttp://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=282066 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffD Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 nice thread that one, but what he fails to spend much time talking about is what tw^ts smd devices are to work with. in my previous life as an electronic engineer i worked with smd's and had all the correct gear to fit them. yes, sometimes you can get away with using an ordinary soldering iron, but you do run the risk of frying your led's (sounds nasty, doesn't it?) I would be tempted to drill the board(not something you can do with your black and decker) and use standard led's. if anybody wants to send me a set of dead clocks I'd be prepared to try. geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpercy87 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 Oh crud. Might just leave it, then. Any idea where to start when checking for the wiring? Is there also maybe a fuse I coulb be checking or would a fuse be for the entire cluster? thus ruling it out.it isn't a difficult job to take the clocks out, but you can't change the bulb once you get them out. the clock units are sealed and if I remember correctly, the only bulbs that exist are the illumination ones, the others being leds which are smd devices. surface mount devices require special equipment to work on them, hence it's not a diy job. are you convinced it's not the wiring, which is more likely? geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoid Posted January 16, 2014 Report Share Posted January 16, 2014 You could always do some trickery.Get a friend to go up to the sales guy, talk him into a test drive on a car. Sales man is now out of office, you go in and trade in your lupo with hopefully a sales person who doesn't notice the bulb out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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