climate control, led installation troubleshoot Options

[poix]

my friend and i tried to install led lights on his climate control. we switched the stock led orange lights to white leds. but the white led won't light up when he turn the lights on, is it because the led doesnt dim (when the lights are on, the stock led lights dims)?

also we have trouble installing the 5mm leds to switch the light bulbs with sockets. i know it'll be easier to use a 3mm led but we dont know where to get the 3mm ones. also we dont know where the positives and negatives are to replace the socket ones. can some one tell me how to install with the 5mm?? or where can i get 3mm leds??

[WannabeGT4]

Try and remove pin 21 or pin 8 from the connector. Cutting wires is the ghetto way and I shouldn't have recomended that. Just look in the connector to figure out how the pin is held in then bend the tabs down with a small screwdriver and pull it out through the back of the connector and tape it up. That way if it's wrong you can just slide the pin back in and bend the tabs back. Pin 8 is a green wire and is labeled ILL+ in the wiring diagrams. Pin 21 is White with a green stripe and is labeled ILL- in the wiring diagrams. If niether one of those are right try 9-14 they dont have any description on the wiring diagrams. If none of that works then the voltage must be being controlled outside of the ac control box and you should trace down the green wire and the white wire with green stripe and see where those lead you. Oh yeah, the clock dims as well as the radio so that might help too.

This post has been edited by WannabeGT4: Aug 5, 2004 - 10:44 PM