rlkellenbenz

I have a 2003 F150 Crew Cab XLT 4.6l. I have pulled my cluster out 3 times and tried to change the 6 primary bulbs. 1st try had the wrong bulbs, 2nd try was my issue because I bought the cheap Taiwan bulbs that did not illuminate the dash very well. It had some soft spots on the edges plus I had an issue getting some of the bulbs out of the base. 3rd try I bought the better ones (and they are correct) and also bought a package of T5 bases to replace the ones that had the frozen bulbs in them. When I removed the bulbs I damaged the copper tabs inside the base on 2 of them. The T5 bases I bought through superbrightleds.com do not fit into the cluster. They are just slightly bigger than the bases I have. I also bought another set through a different company but they were the same as the ones I recently bought. This is quite frustrating and Ford cannot help me at all. Also mine are black and most of the pictures I see are white bases. Can anyone assist with the correct base/socket part number?

On a good note, I've fixed my Odometer & PRNDL and adjusted it, so it wasn't all in vain.

Thanks for any help you can offer. Ron