MOD: Switch colour LED Mod

[cully]

so your dash has a nice colour led set
and all that is left is the white iluminated window switch's
with the help of this guide you may be able to change this yourself

Tools needed
soldering Iron
solder
small screwdrivers
desoldering wick/gun
solder

coloured LED from the list below
the list below includes the maplins part number

N66KG 3mm LED White
N67KG 3mm LED Red
N68KG 3mm LED Green
N69KG 3mm LED Blue
N70KG 3mm LED Yellow
N71KG 3mm LED Orange

Switch colour LED Mod Pt1

Drivers door switch



push down the 5 higher tabs closest to the top of the switch






slowely ease the top off carefully not to loose the spring!



Take switch block and release the next ring of tabs
careful and hold the block so the connections are on the top







slowley ease the connections up leaving the fingerswitch's low

this is so the internal switch pads and mirror switch does not escape



you should have a circuit board in the other half



remove rubber buttons



turn block over and locate tads on connection block




press tabs in and gently press connections through the base



now desolder the line of conections at the front edge of the circuit board



you should if youve been good and clean with the iorn lift the board clear



clean up connections



clean up circuit board



remove replace and test leds



reaseble board carefully soldering the fron edge connectors


reasemble switch and test in car



connection drawing for bench testing

[cully]

Switch colour LED Mod part 2

Passenger door switch



Turn switch over and push tabs in to release switch from bezel




take switch and push/lift tabs to release switch head




Note LED and resistor you are going to replace



turn switch to note the connections to the top board




take switch and gently hinge up top board to reveal the solder connections





Note direction the led is connected




unsolder the pads that the LED is soldered too



resolder new LED



carefully test the switch LED in the car for correct operation if the led does not light
unsolder the led ad reverse it then resolder



cut off component legs



gentely bend top board back making sure no connections touch the bottom board



reasemble switch



test in car



connection drawing for bench testing

[cully]

Switch colour LED Mod part 3

Headlight Leveler



push two tabs and slide case off





locate led and unsolder




resolder new led test then reasemble
you might have to bend the led lense to shine onto the white mask symbol central



connection drawing for bench testing

[cully]

Switch colour LED Mod part 4

Heater control panel


this is the heater panal LED mod.
you can change the back light colour of the switch and also have a seperat colour for the switch indication,

this panal the user wanted red backlight with red switch indication



strip out circuit board







unsolder Leds and resolder new colours

easyer said than done this

be carefull when inserting the led in the centre of the switch as the switch contacts are in there too so you don't want the led shorting out the switch







remove to car for testing









and colours of switch

[td_dan]

excellent guide mate just those little touches lol

[Connor]

Green

[4WayDiablo]

nice guide! done well!

[cully]

colours

[Cristina]

My passenger window wasn't working, after some checks my mechanic decided I have to change the driver's side switch. Found one in scrap, replaced it and now found myself with a toy. Started opening it as I have seen on other forums some guys changed the switch bulbs to LED's but not on Pugs.
God bless you for this post, lovely pictured and explained.
All I need now is a soldering iron, are gas ones good ?

[nominous]

For this job even a cheap maplin soldering iron will do.
But gas ones can be a royal PITA.
Best avoided unless you feel you'll ever need to solder without electric near by.
Bearing in mind a soldering iron will happily work off a dirty cheap inverter, so um, never


BTW, epic write ups !!

[Eeyore]

Avoid gas soldering irons. I got one thinking it would be great but its a pain in the ass and the heat isnt concentrated enough and it will set fire to things if you put it down. Get a decent electric one for £25.

[cully]

im not allowed to use gas iorns in work they are an explosion risk for which they are banned

[puglove]

Very nice paul , very useful guide



























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