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355 dash light dimmer not working??

Discussion in '348/355' started by hjp, Aug 30, 2015.

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  1. hjp

    hjp Formula Junior

    Feb 23, 2013
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    Kansas City, Mo.
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    Jerry Peterson
    I had my instrument cowl out a while ago to have it recovered. While it was out, I took the opportunity to clean a few minor pieces of debris from the inside of my tachometer and speedometer lenses.

    To fully separate the tach lens you need to remove the dimmer stem. I pulled on it pretty hard to no avail trying to get it out. I didn't want to damage anything so I gave up and only loosened the assembly enough to clean the inside of the lenses with a pipe cleaner. That worked pretty well but, when it was all back together, the dimmer didn't work. It worked fine before. I twisted it back and forth several times but nothing changed.

    The dash lights are now turned all the way up. They're LEDs so they are pretty bright and I need to turn them down a bit. Any idea what I might have inadvertently done to the dimmer? Could it be fixed? If I need a new one, I think it would require me to remove the stem to replace it. True? How do you get the stem off without hurting anything? Just pull hard??
     

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