Replacing dash lights

[jelmore]

I have a couple of lights out on my dash. Here's the panel:

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Opened up the dash panel to look behind and there's this bracket that looks like it holds everything in.

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Not sure what I should or should not be taking apart. I'm wondering if the panel can be open from the front. Anyone done this? It might be specific to a 2000 conversion. Don't know and thought someone here would. Thanks for any advice, including "don't".

[jelmore]

I have a couple of lights out on my dash.

I'm replying to my own post since this didn't make it to "new posts" this morning. Sort of a repost.

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

Can't help you Jim, your dash doesn't look anything like mine.

JIM

[truk4u]

Jim,

Maybe Paul can help you.

[johnbrowder]

I had a few lamps out when I bought my '01. Buddy Gregg replaced the entire assembly at their cost! It seemed like killing a fly with a sledgehammer to me, but they said it was the only option.

????

John B
Busless in Knoxville

[phorner]

Sorry, Jim.

Although I have the identical dash, I've never had the need (or the courage) to try to dismantle it.

Hope you make out OK....

[GSwaim]

Hey Jeff,

The grabber latches are made by Southco. Here is their website - http://www.southco.com/list/c3-grabb...age=1&filters=

[Jeff Bayley]

Gary- Thanks for the link to the latches.

On a 94 Chassis and up, does anyone know if the side marker lights are 12 volt or 24 volt ? I'm getting mixed answers but the bulbs I have in my tool box I picked up once are 24 volt but they might still light up if the bus requires 12 volt. I couldn't find 12 volt on Bulbtown to match what I had, just 24 volt. But someone told me they changed them over to 12 volt by the time my years came along.

[Jeff Bayley]

I'm going to start keeping records of this stuff so I found the model numbers for the bulbs from bulbtown.com at least. Here they are for a 1997 and I'm fairly certain the bulbs are unchanged to date but not positive.

386 #386 MINIATURE BULB MIDGET GROOVE BASE 12 Quanity $0.95 $11.40 (These are for the square, colored, push button control panel lights)
2721 #2721 MINIATURE BULB SUB-MINIATURE WEDGE (W2x4.6d) BASE 15 Quanity $0.65 $9.75 (These are for the rocker switches)
1873 MINIATURE BULB BA9S BASE #1873 MINIATURE BULB BA9S BASE 12 Quanity $0.69 $8.28 (These are 24 volt bulbs for the side marker lights)

[BenC]

The first year and a half of that dash's production didn't lend well to replacing bulbs. The driver information display backlight is the same way...not replaceable bulbs, just replace the assembly. Later to current models have changed and have replaceable bulbs for both, at least I believe this to be the case as well for the Warning Light Cluster. That was a "fun for the customer" learning curve for Prevost, and their trust that LED's are "life of the vehicle" lighting products. They are very susceptible to failure due to voltage transients Every notice how many cars on the road today have half the LED's in their LED tail light assembly out? Life of the vehicle....yeah, right lol.