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Let’s get started

IF you never solder or are not comfortable with soldering;
1. Please read some tutorials.
Soldering Tutorials 1
Soldering Tutorials 2
2. Practice. I like to practice with some old/broke circuit boards, there’s no risk in braking what’s already broken!!
3. Patience. Please Take your time and look at what you’re going to be  removing/modding.



Tools:
1. Solder Station. Any Solder Station will do. I recommend weller solder stations. Remember most of the components are very small so get a station that is able have different Tips.
2. Solder Wick/Braid. Get here.
3. Reverse Action Tweezers These are great for soldering Small components. Get here.

4. Solder.

Parts:
Most of the LEDs we’re going to be changing are “PLCC-2”.
I buy mine from ebay, Great Price and great turnouts!! Here’s who I use
HKJE LED Lamp Center.


Let’s get started!!
Follow these steps and Get associated with the gauges as we go along.

Here’s what it looks like all pretty and new!


Remove the Gauge Cover. Remove 4 Screws.


Remove the Gauge Connectors.


Remove 8 Screws and back cover.


Here’s what you’re looking at when the cover is removed.


Press Slightly on the Black Tabs to Remove the Front Cover. There’s 4 Tabs, 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top.

 

Here’s what we’re looking at now. Remember where the needles sit. Remove the Needles and Gauge face plate.


Let’s Remove the Circuit Board from the housing. The board should come out easily except for the section where the LCDs are connected. I used a small Flat head Screw drive to pry the circuit board out. BE PATIENT AND TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!!

Here’s the Circuit Board in all its Glory. Cue the Mystical Music. ”AHahahahaAHahaHah”.

And here’s what everything is.


Apply the solder iron tip each side the LED one at a time. If the LED doesn’t Budge use some solder wick. 
Once LED is removed, apply Solder to the silver pad, if you put to much remove it with the solder wick and try again.

NOTE:
The LED will have a small notch at one corner. That tell you that Cathode leg of the LED. Face the Notch towards the Cathode Drawing on the circuit board.



Place the new LED in between the silver pad while holding the LED with the Reverse action Tweezers, hit each Leg of the LED with the solder iron to solder the LED in place.
Repeat for all other LEDs you want to replace.

Here’s the Finished product.




Any comments please PMME.

Thanks for posting & welcome to the site!

Does photobucket provide you the code to post thumbnails? Either way, you may need to use photo editing software to resize & reupload...

ok... what are you looking at? the once that say "pink" can be pink or purple. Not sure yet, haven't ordered them yet.
Pink and Purple are so close together in the color spectrum that many people will confuse them.
are you looking on doing Purple on the new xb?

The problem with purple or pink is that they don't throw much light, so you have to go in a do some more changes to the board like change the resistance going to the LEDs.
 

I did one Purple but I used totally different type LEDs, I had to change the resistors and 2 LEDs per 1 normal one. And even then it was till some what dim.

Yes their Neo-Wedges.

The LEDs that are for our gauges are called "PLCC-2"(square Type).
you're looking to do about 30 LEDs could be more could be less.

Thank you for your step by step.  We did this mod yesterday....although we have to change the overlays for rom, gas and temp....gotta figure out where to order those.

LOL I was just there...here is the one I am considering...what do you think?

http://www.customxbgauges.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1026