The rest of the switches on the dash (besides the seat heater switches above) have a relatively simple design. The bulbs can be replaced by following these general steps:
- Remove switch from dash by carefully prying out with a screwdriver on the top and bottom edges alternately. As you pry, the harness on the back of the switch may come loose. If not, just disconnect it once the switch is out. Gently prying off the switch cover, then GENTLY using a pair of needle nose pliers works great. There is not a lot of slack in the wiring harness. Brute force is strongly discouraged.
- If the front of the switch was not removed in the above step, pop it off with a small screwdriver.
- There will usually be two bulbs--one is the panel illumination light, the other is the 'activated' light for when the accessory is on. The bulb may be soldered in, or plugged in to a socket. If it's a socket-type, you can carefully grab the bulb with needlenose pliers or tweezers and pull them out. It might take a good tug, but the bulbs are amazingly stout, so don't worry too much about crushing them. If it's soldered in, you'll have to desolder the old one and solder in a new one.
- Replacement bulbs can probably be found at Radio Shack or possibly an auto parts store. Wagner 17037 Auto Indicator Bulbs are said to fit the sockets nicely, but may be brighter than the originals. Just push the new bulbs into the sockets and put it all back together. For soldered bulbs, the standard Radio Shack 12v - 60mA bulbs should work fine. When you try to reinstall it in the dash, you may find that there's no way to hold the harness in place to force the switch contacts into the harness. One option is to remove the radio, then hold the back of the harness in place with the short end of an Allen wrench while pushing the switch into place. Alternatively, you can remove an adjacent switch.
