technical answer :)

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Right well i prised the zoom buttons out of the camera and used a scalpel to slightly unfuck the zoom in button membrane switch so that it now works (just). Not pretty anymore though!

the terminal wires of the bulb sit underneath the copper contacts which are moulded into place. A bit of deft soldering would be required to fit a new bulb. Hard, certainly, but not impossible.

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:37 am

Dosent look good to me are there any on ebay?

Infact is positvely looks terminal

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

Chris H wrote:

how did you do it? the original bulb is stamped onto the contacts, I can't even get a finger into it.

How did you attach the bulb?

you got big fingers mun ,use a small size flat bladed to push them under the plates Wink

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

I used a tiny little tool that looks like something a dentist would use and a pair of needle nose tweezers. Bulb came out easily, it was just sitting under the contacts. Took the contacts out soldered the new bulb on then very gently battered it back in place with one screwdriver being used as a small hammer on the end of a small flathead screwdriver.

PS. Neal, I was going to suggest taking the batteries out of your camera for a while then try new ones in it Very Happy

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

batteries wont help this time!

its well and truly bollocksed Sad

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

Yep, done a right number on it eh?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

if anyone can get their fingers on the hazard light switch then they are either little girls of gay boys!

I never said its impossible its just not easy and its impossible for me as I would just bounce it tbh

Other switches though take seconds and theres no need to unplug the switch.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i am the daddy Laughing

as i got nothing to do at work today ,i brought the hazard switch with me to the office with my mini screw driver set . after trying to stick the wires under the plates for ten minutes and no joy ,it just clicked

what the ferk am i doing trying to stick damm tiny wires Rolling Eyes

and came up with this idea ;

piss easy job ,i just cut the restrictive side wallon the indicator to the bottom and got it out . now those plates are just infront of me and i can literaly touch them with my fingers ( will take pictures of what i mean when i get home )

lifted the 2 plates with a mini flat head screw driver and stuck the wires coming from the bulb underneath each plate making sure they are going through the holes (just to make double sure that they will keep connected.
i could have soldered them as well if i had a soldering gun but no need for that really

once the wires are under the plates press the plates down with screw driver again to give extra tension on the wires . job done
what about the bit we cut out tidyly with stanley knife ???

just use super glue and stick it back on ,make sure u dont use shit loads of super glue as it will burn the plastic and turn into shitty white color

but heyy that part i cut of and stuck back on remains at the back of the dash ,so no worries if it goes white ,you will never see it again Laughing

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

there you go lads

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

that looks fucked to me, i wouldnt give that to a dog to chew on, let alonr fit to me car

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

you reckon its fucked mofo ????

bad news for you ,its perfectly working and the bulb is too .

the pic quality is crap i do admit and i will take a better picture in daylight for you

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

neil 19 16v wrote:

that looks fucked to me, i wouldnt give that to a dog to chew on, let alonr fit to me car

lol

i love you

Very Happy

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

neal, that camera button was a bit fucked iirc anyway

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Yeah... a bit fucked... as in floppy but worked fine.... now its just totally fucked