jacobthornton77

Help
I recently bought a fixer upper 1977 f150.
The some of my dash lights were broken off of the dash when I bought it.





Any ideas as to how to fix it would be great.
I was wondering if maybe there was a glue that was UV removable or something because I want to be able to replace the bulbs in the future.
Thanks

Also, if anyone has a four speed shift **** for a 1977 ford truck please contact me

Braggs

Did a search for "ford dash bulb holder" and multiple results came back. Here's an amazon link that came up:

They also have LED replacements, etc, etc. Seems like a common thing that gets lost/broken and needs replaced.

84Red

Couldnt you just get a different gauge cluster and transfer your speedo with the correct miles in?

Edit: nevermind, it looked like the gauge cluster was broken in the area where the light holder locks itself in. Instead of ordering them, just go find an 70s-86 ford and take them out. A few bucks at most or free if you bundle it with something else

jacobthornton77

Thanks Braggs i'll look into that

jacobthornton77

84Red parts for 1970s ford trucks are not that common where I live so i'm trying to reuse what I can

84Red

The 80-86 trucks will use the same light holder. Not sure about 87-96.

jacobthornton77

They are broken out.
I have started laser cutting a patch panel to go between the back of the dash and the circuit board in the affected areas. I'll let you know how it goes.

oduke

I have an 8 ball for my shifter....

jacobthornton77

Update.
I have got the panel repaired but the bulbs only light up when pushed on in a certain way.
Is there a way to clean the contacts? or attach them permanently?

burnthelight88

The bulb holders get crappy at connecting after a while. I tried cleaning the hell out of mine but was only partially successful. I ended up ordering all new ones for a couple bucks and they work great now.