Reply With QuoteSounds like some of the cluster illumination bulbs are out. Best if you get in there to replace the lot of them. Not too hard, especially if you car doesn't have an airbag.
Can't read the odometer and trip meter ....
Hi Guys.
I have three or four problems with my E34 1988 530i SE Auto (RDH here in England), so I'll post them separately. This one is that the odometer and trip meter LEDs are so faint that I can only read them if I position the car so that the sun (if there is one) hits the instrument panel through the rear window !
Any ideas ?
Thanks,
Bob
Grand Master
Sounds like some of the cluster illumination bulbs are out. Best if you get in there to replace the lot of them. Not too hard, especially if you car doesn't have an airbag.
Bellevue WA
90 535iM - not much stock remains. 3.7 liters, ported head, cammed, 3.73 diffy, M5 brakes, MAFed, yadda yadda yadda
86 Porsche 951 - Track Toy
Hi Jeff, OK I'll try that. Thanks. Bob.
What if you have an airbag in the steering wheel?
<<What if you have an airbag in the steering wheel?
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I did have the cluster out several times without removing the steering wheel on my 89 535i.Just remove the drivers bottom dash cover,remove the support plate (six bolts),take off the column clamp and push the whole steering column down as far as needed.The odometer takes a 1.5 W
bulb.
Grand Master
You need to follow - very specifically - the steps to remove the wheel.
If you don't, at a minimum you'll trigger the SRS light (which you can't reset without going to the dealer). Worse, you could trigger the airbag itself.
See www.bmwe34.net for airbag removal instructions. And, when it says to wait 15 minutes - really wait 15 minutes.
Jeff
Last edited by Jeff N.; 10-10-2004 at 05:10 PM.
Bellevue WA
90 535iM - not much stock remains. 3.7 liters, ported head, cammed, 3.73 diffy, M5 brakes, MAFed, yadda yadda yadda
86 Porsche 951 - Track Toy
Green Beret Special Ops
yep, definetly disconnect the battery cable.
95 E34 530I V2.37
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