| [GMCnet] Help!! Ijit Lites and lit script [message #146872] |
Mon, 17 October 2011 21:24  |
CanyonLanders
Messages: 4
Registered: June 2011
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Just got my first hint that my newly acquired '73 Canyon Lands 260 (in
Bittersweet; formerly the "Orangeblossom Special") dash indicator labels
and lights format may NOT be stock/standard (shows how much I know!!;^) And
I have a problem with it that now I wonder how many others have this format
of dash indicators, and what fixes are known (confused? Me too).
The only way I can really be clear is to post a picture, so I will... and
here's a link to three of them:
(but I'll try to describe it below in case the links don't cooperate; I put
in both the full web address of all three pix, along with a "Tiny URL" for
each, just in case the long forms don't work for you)
First, a close-up of the lit labels for the idiot lights...
http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/ckrockettpacbellnet/?action=view
<http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/ckrockettpacbellnet/?action=view&c
urrent=IMG_2648.jpg> ¤t=IMG_2648.jpg
or
http://tiny.cc/hkn01
then, a shot of nearby gauges, the idiot lights, and the unlit (and
unreadable) gauges...
http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/ckrockettpacbellnet/?action=view
<http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/ckrockettpacbellnet/?action=view&c
urrent=IMG_2642.jpg> ¤t=IMG_2642.jpg
or
http://tiny.cc/3kzsn
and, a general dash shot, for context...
http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/ckrockettpacbellnet/?action=view
<http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/ckrockettpacbellnet/?action=view&c
urrent=IMG_2640.jpg> ¤t=IMG_2640.jpg
or
http://tiny.cc/5m87a
and now for the description:
this is a vertical row of button-type indicator (idiot) lights for...
> Set Travel
> Gen./Alt.
> Door Ajar
> Low Fuel
> Cruise Cntrl
> Air Comp.
> Park Brake
> Brake Sys.
The lights work fine (as far as I can tell... I haven't sorted out what
"Set Travel" would be lit for). And the script (see list above) is
unreadable unless it's fairly dark and the dash lights are on (as you can
tell in the first pic linked above).
I tried cobbling up a 'decal' on transparent film with the text for each
indicator, and the separator lines, so they would approximately line up and
provide something readable in daylight as well as at night. THAT didn't
work (aside from being a PITA to try to get sized and aligned accurately).
I'm begging for suggestions and hope someone already knows a fix for this.
AND REMEMBER: IT AIN'T WORTH DOIN' IF YA CAN'T MAKE IT FUN!!
Carl Hockett & Sharon Reese
Santa Rosa, California
And beyond!!! .
CanyonLanders@pacbell.net
'73 GMC Canyon Lands 260 Motorhome
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