mfd display not bright enough

[corsa_geezer]

Hi all you good and helpful people, 1 of the blue led bulbs that i put in the mfd display had stopped working the other day so i sorted it out but I had to replace it in the end as the connection bit broke,luckly i had a spare. But now that it all works the led's aint that bright(can't see jack all unless you put your eyes right up to it). Has any1 els had thid problem, if so wot makes it work better.

[Martin]

have you fiddled with the adjustor knob by the light switch? turning that up or down changes the brightness of all cockpit bulbs.

[donnymo]

yeah i would do what martin says, ive previously thought i had broke the dash in my company motor before i realised it had an adjustor too!

[corsa_geezer]

Ye mate it's to the brightest it will go. The rest of the led's are working perfect.

[samisnake]

what year is your corsa?

on facelift corsas that use 3 leds in the mfd have a difuser which takes away the brightness. remove this

[corsa_geezer]

My corsa is a y reg (2001) it only has 2 led's in the mfd, the leds were bright when I 1st fit them but 1 got loose so i had to sort it out, when i was fiddling about with it the led broke but i had a spare 1 and then thats when it became less bright. I'll try sorting it out again tommorow.

[wotarotter]

are you sure its on at all and you dont need to turn the busted led 180 degrees to get it to work?

[corsa_geezer]

The bulbs r all in properly and they work but just not bright at all, woz at 1 point. I'm gona try sort it in the morning. i'll try put up some pics as well.

[wotarotter]

:\ it might just be you have to tinker with the clips either tighten or lossen em mate it took me about an hour to get the 1 behind my petrol guage to work.kept takin it out messin with clips movin it a mm then trying again:roll: .

[corsa_geezer]

It's a propa fars aint it. Hope it does start working cos i cant even c the time in the morning.

[H313NSXI]

what year is your corsa?

on facelift corsas that use 3 leds in the mfd have a difuser which takes away the brightness. remove this

AHA! How do you do this please? I have this exact problem with my 56 reg!

[corsa_geezer]

I think i'm just gona have a fiddle around with it, I've also noticed that after the display goes off and the car doors are locked the light behind the display still stays lit. Never done this b4.

[H313NSXI]

Right, I've just done mine; you get right inside the MFD unit & remove the bit of orange plastic from behind the screen itself, cut a piece of copier paper to fit, slot it in & tippex the tips of the LEDs while you're there :dance:

Before;
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/hcrc_1984/Image006-4.jpg

After;
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/hcrc_1984/Image011-2.jpg

[H313NSXI]

I think i'm just gona have a fiddle around with it, I've also noticed that after the display goes off and the car doors are locked the light behind the display still stays lit. Never done this b4.

were your headlights/sidelights switched on at the time?

[Dan_W]

:sleep: Just do exactly as they have^^^^^

[corsa_geezer]

Thanks for the reply's my felow corsa c club friends lol, just can't seem to find the time to sort it out as i can't be arsed with it when i come home from work, i just wana chill out instead of doing owt 2 the car. Theres loads to be done too.

[corsa_geezer]

Here are some pics of wot the display looked like when they were working right and also how they are now

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/daredevil206/e.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/daredevil206/Image011.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u202/daredevil206/Image010.jpg