D1 clock removal

[waynep]

Hi all easy one for ya - the illumination bulb in the clock has blown.
Is there an easy way to get the clock module out without removing umpteen other bits first ?
Oh and what type of bulb is it - I read on a search that SuperCheep may have them is that true ?

[Utemad]

Yes Supercheap have the bulbs. Its where mine came from. It is just the bulb though. You need to swap the bulb in the plastic bulb holder.

To get the clock out you pull the switch panel out from below it first and then the clock. Both come out by pulling forward from underneath. Should take you all of 2 seconds.

[Utemad]

Just got the packet out of my car. It is a pack of two and is a 12v 1.2w T-5mm wedge.

I am assuming that the bulb for the ciggy lighter surround is the same. Either way I need to replace that bulb as well but haven't got around to it yet.

[langy]

Yes and no - The clock can come out but the clips which hold it are hard to get at. I used two thin bread knives to push thru the top join about 5mm from each end about 3cm in. Much like removal of the radio, you have to wriggle the knife around to find the clip, then get the end inbetween the clip and the surround without breaking it. When the top pops out a bit, then do the same at the bottom. The illumination bulb is just an ordinary 12v wedge bulb, the same size as the parking light in the front headlamp. (But with a green silicon sock on it)

[waynep]

Thanks all I'll have a fiddle with it on the W/E

[dmdigital]

Instead of knives use an old credit card (old 'cause you'll stuff a new one) or similar thin piece of plastic. This will push in both clips at the same time.

[Utemad]

My clock just clips in and out. It seems tight enough but is still easily removed. Better to be safe than sorry though I guess.
I don't remember the green sock. Must have just swapped it over though if there is one. Maybe I could go to Dick Smith and get some fancy colours :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I dunno what it is with LR clocks,,
put on polarised sunnies and they might as well blank off the hole---:p

[waynep]

I dunno what it is with LR clocks,,
put on polarised sunnies and they might as well blank off the hole---:p

The Pug 307 trip computer-clock-radio station display thingy is the same.
If you turn your head sideways it becomes visible again - gets funny looks from people in other cars though :p :p

[dmdigital]

I dunno what it is with LR clocks,,
put on polarised sunnies and they might as well blank off the hole---:p

Its all to do with the polarizing screen over the display in the unit. If it goes in the right way to your sunnies they cancel each other out.

[waynep]

Fixed ... :D

The bulbs from Super Cheep work but I had to cut the original bulb out of the bayonet holder -it was soldered in.
Anyway it truned out not to be the bulb, but a dry joint on the clock PCB itself. I ended up pulling apart the whole clock. Word of warning : don't do this unless you absolutely have to. It is a bit of a pain to re-assemble.
On mine, the green colour actually comes from a green filter mounted directly behind the LCD screen - there was no sock over the bulb.

Oh ..and the credit card idea worked a treat tks....

[Utemad]

Well then maybe mine didn't have the sock either?

I forgot the bulb was soldered in. I just reefed the bulb out with pliers.

I dismantled my clock too. As I didn't realise that the light works with the ignition and dimmed with the head lights. So when I was testing it with the ignition off and the headlights on the light didn't work even though it had 12v on the illumination wire. I lost the little display rubber conducting thing for a while. Found it on the floor eventually as I had dismantled it in the car.

Fun isn't it :)

[dmdigital]

Strange the bulb went on my 97 Disco's clock I remember and I just got a replacement and swapped them over, no soldering required. :confused:

[Utemad]

Strange the bulb went on my 97 Disco's clock I remember and I just got a replacement and swapped them over, no soldering required. :confused:

Did your bulb come with the plastic screw in base or just the bulb?

The Super Cheap ones come as just bulbs. I didn't solder mine back in just jammed it in good and hard.

[dmdigital]

Got to think back about 5 years :unsure: :wheelchair:

From memory I just got a bulb. Which ever, I do recall just popping the old bulb (or bulb unit) out and the new one went into its place. I think I remeber it was the same bulb as the cigar lighter shroud.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Damn I misread the title and was going to suggest to give them a Toyota to drive :D :D

[p38arover]

The correct bulb and holder isn't that expensive from LR or Peugeot or any other Euro manufacturer or even from Narva.

See http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_5.html
http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_6.html
http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_7.html


If you get the right one from a P38A, you can just replace the bulb as necessary. I show them here: http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/binnacle.html

Ron

[spudboy]

I have been cursing Land Rover for many a year about no light in the clock on my Disco, and how stupid that was. Never worked from new!

Guess I better go and pull out the clock and see if I can get it going. Thanks for all the info on how to get it out.