Literally!!! BK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <kruc@adelphia.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 11:29 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] LED panel lights
> I got a couple good leads when I asked about LED taillights last month.
> Recently I've been wonder ing if I could replace all incandescent lights
in
> the truck with LEDs. (For the peanut gallery, no, not the headlights.)
> Anyone done something like this yet? I was looking at the dome light and
> thinking I could put a couple rows of LEDs in there. I've already put a
blue
> LED and 560 ohm resistor in parallel with the torque converter lockup, and
> red ones in parallel across the brake lights. I did that when I had a
loose
> turn signal mechanism that wouldn't activate the brake lights if the lever
> wasn't centered, later it also let me know I had an intermittent brake
> switch. The high beam indicator and turn signal indicators would be easy
to
> rig up, but are the available LEDs bright enough to light the gauges and
> deluxe heater panel? FWIW, I used a hole saw and cut openings in my panel
> and replaced the stock gauges with 2 1/16" electric Autometer gauges. Yes,
I
> admit it. I'm a hacker.
>
> Dave '57 3100
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