Great vid, like all your others, your an inspiration & love your channel. I have a quick question, does the dimmer switch still dim the led’s? I drive a lot of back country roads and while I love the bright look of the LED’s most of the time, I sometimes bring them down to dim to make night driving easier on the eyes. I still have regular bulbs in but considering led replacements because of 1 being out and having to get back there anyways! Thanks

I'm probably going to do this in the near future, but my next project is going to be my own twist of "rock lights" I'm super excited. I'm just following in everyone's super duty footsteps 😂

Someone who makes videos for others’ benefit is a true saint

Your a life saver I’ve been waiting so long for a video like this to go by. Thank you! all your videos are great and I look forward to all your future mods

I just bought an Aussie 2005 F250 RHD crew cab 5.4. Upon picking it up, I noticed the same missing section of dash illumination. However, I didn't panic because I'd already seen the thumbnail of this video, so I knew you had me covered. Many thanks from downunder, Buddy!!!!

Man, I have been wanting to do this for 10 years now! I have a 1999 F-250 7.3 Lariat with 400K on it. Thank you for putting out this video and easing some of the fears of pulling that dash apart. Much appreciated.

I think its awesome the way you out links to all your mods in the description. Thank you so much for that. I wish more people did that. Another thumbs up is your detail in description on how everything comes apart.

Thanks for taking your time and explaining everything clearly to avoid accidentally damaging dash or cluster. This is exactly what I needed to see

This was a HUGE help. My stock cluster light is poor at best. I didnt even know about the p37. Must be why the top of my speedometer is so dark. Ordered them through your links. Thanks for the video. Much appreciated.

thank you sir!!! I just bought an 04 f350 and had ordered red leds for the dash and then watched your vid - ordered white leds - great video - never too far in the weeds - GREAT JOB

Man I’m 13 and have a 7.3 dually and your bodies help me so much your content is awsome

I did this cluster bulb swap, to LEDs, just yesterday,. Your video made it easy! Thank you for the explanation and advice. It is appreciated.

I replaced all of my cluster lighting with LED's (2001 Ford F350) and it is SO SO much better now. I can see everything day and night, no worries at all. Thanks for the video!

Done deal. I can actually see the entire instrument cluster now. Thanks for the info, and the links to the bulbs

I just completed this upgrade on my 2000 F350 following your steps...piece of cake...thank you very much for taking the time to film and post the video...I would not have known where to begin without it...great job!!

This really helped, im surprising my uncle with changin his dash lights for some bright new leds

I had to replace my headlight switch cuz when I picked up the new girl, a 2000, I tried to turn on the fogs as I did in my 2001, by pulling the dial out. The 2000's don't work like that. Knucklehead. I've got stock bulbs now, so now you've given me yet another driveway project for the list. Thanks for all you do.

Very well done vid Man! Thanks for the instruct. I've saved ALOT of $$$ learning from guys like you. Appreciate it. 👍👍👍

The color green is a combination of blue and yellow, called complimentary colors. If you take separate blue- and yellow-colored glass or thin plastic, place one over the other, and put a light behind the 2 pieces of glass you will see a green color. There are other complimentary colors, too. The reason why you may see a bit more blue with green may be because of the color density of one color over the other. There are other possible explanations as well. Your point of just minimizing the risk of damage is a very good point in any repair. Thanks for your well explained video.👍

You’re a bad man! You’re my go to on my new 7.3 fixes. Thanks for posting all this info

Good job pointing out the differences in the light switches. As a 99 owner I'm one guy that broke the face off 😲 Also, great video all around with great details

Thank you this really helped and gave me some more courage to finally replace my burnt out dash bulbs. 😂

That headlight switch is actually really neat the way it comes out. If you give the knob a slight pull there is a tiny hole underneath for a small screwdriver to release the knob. Once the knob is off, you take the knob and put it on upside down and turn it, and it’ll pull that spring loaded locking pawl in, and the whole switch comes out from the front. Basically the knob is a secret key/removal tool.

This was the first video I watched on your channel, love it! All the information was very helpful. Keep it up!

I just subscribed a couple of days ago. I have a 2002 7.3 dually. Great information . I like your straight forward style, no big intro or self important acting. My one suggestion is easy on the camera moves. I get motion sick, lol, and can not watch for very long on some of the segments. Thanks for all the good info.

When I get my replacement radio... I plan on replacing the dash lights!

Wish I would have watched this last week. Used blue leds and I was also very disappointed. Back at it! Great video subscribed!

Just a heads up the headlight switch itself is it’s own removal tool all you need is a pocket screw driver turn the lights all the way to 3 position then slightly pull the headlight switch out you should see an opening close to around 7 o clock to insert pocket screw driver and then the knob then slides of the rotate the knob 180 then rotate will then active the release of the switch

Saw your video last night super helpful I went the extra and pulled apart for blue leds took the extra step removed needles and removed green layer with nail polish remover took about 1 hr to hit all the spots I wanted to be blue used q tips and a lot of patience your video was badass thanks for the info and video

Looks totally awesome. Inspiring me to do my 2001 F250. Thanks for the video sir.

Great info and good presentation. Thanks.

This vid helped. I couldn't figure out why the top looked "burnt out"....then you pointed out the one 37 bulb at the top. Who knew?? Ordered and hoping it makes it less ghetto looking.

I love your videos, I’m taking a lot of inspiration for my own 7.3! When you had yours did the new lights ever flicker I’m having a recurring problem and considering going back to halogens

THANK YOU!!!!! This video was insanely helpful especially with the amount of detail you went into on everything.

First, you are an inspiration to me. You do amazing repairs & mods to your F2Fitty despite living on wheels. If you can do it, then I sure as hell can do it; no more excuses! BTW, I've done the heater delete, using your video as my guide. Easy peasy. Now I'm fixing to do the dashlight bulb replacements. But I went with the blue 194's and 37's. If it's crappy I'll go with white like you did.

Excellent video! They aren't really "directional" - it's a matter of LEDs being polarity sensitive, so positive and negative voltage have to be correct. That's why you might have to rotate them 180° sometimes. I was confused at first, but then I saw that clarified on the Amazon product page.

Thanks for the video helped out a lot keeps me from breaking a lot of clips and things

Like the other comments, I have been looking for a video for dash removal on this model. Thanks for the help with this video.

Great video sir very informative and to the point

Got mine done today using your video for reference. Thanks for the great videos 👍

Great video, I'm going to change to LED's, thanks for all your help.

Thanks buddy really helped me out. Wanted this for so long. Thanks again

Thank you especially for the links

Your videos are awesome and very informative! Just subscribed because I’m looking at doing some of these upgrades on mine. Thanks for the excellent videos!

How many bulbs are in the cluster in total?

Seems pretty straight forward. Might do the woman’s truck this weekend since 70% of her dash lights are out

Great info! Great job! Thank you!

I'm going to have to do this as I have a bulb out between speedo and tach, also one 1⃣ a/C control, I'm assuming just pull the a/c control out with maybe 4 screws while I have the dash opened up

Great stuff, helped me out!

Excellent video Thank you

Good info, thanks. Could’ve trimmed the fat to a 10 minute video but it’s cool.

Real helpful video. Thank you.

Thanks very helpful!

Ok. Got it figured out. Only replace the “illumination” bulbs. Those are the 5 black 194s and the one white 37 bulb. So replace 6 bulbs in total.

Great video, thank you.

Do you have a clip on how to change the light bulbs in the instrument panel on a 2008 Lincoln Navigator? The light is too dim at the maximum setting. During the day time, if I get some sunlight on my eyes, I cannot see the readings.

Big help!!! Thank you so much for ur help.

I have the 2001 F250 4x4, how many of each bulb do I need for my dash? Thanks for the great videos!

I did this to my f150 loved it been meaning to do it to the 7.3

Lol, I have the plug connector for the airbag next to the cigarette lighter even though I don't have that option... I was wondering what the extra plug was for 😂

Great video. I am down to one lite not burned out . So I need to replace all of them. How many of each will I need. Also I did not catch what the bulb number was for the center lite that you replaced. Thanks for the great video. I am now a follower

Great video.......How many #37 does it take?

I would like to have the list of the led bulbs. Sorry I don’t find them . Thanks

So what was the total number of bulbs needed of each?

Do you have a compete list of bulbs you used? I'd like to do this with mine. 2001 bulbs are starting to go LOL. Great video though. 👍

Hello good sir I highly appreciate the work you have provided do you have pictures of the red and blues ?

You are awesome dude! Go boys go!

Have you done the climate control cluster led light replacement? If so what bulbs does it take? Thanks! Awesome stuff!

Just picked up a superduty. Love the vid. Subbed.

Love the video!! Once replaced with LEDs does the dimmer still work?

I enjoy your videos and look forward to new episodes. I have a 99 350 Crew Cab with 157K original miles. My dad bought the truck new in July 99, one of the first out after the new body style. Hence, I have some unusual differences compared to late model 99's. I have added the 2008 style mirrors and had to remove the headlight switch. I found an awesome post by Franz M, a 2:22 minute clip that will blow your mind how easy the headlight switch is to R/R. Check it out and add an update! Thanks

Nice ride BTW man I need to do that to mine for sure Looks like a newer model

Very helpful thank you

I have a 2003 F250 and find that mine does not have the 194 bulbs. There are 6 of the 37s (T5) and six listed as illumination. After unsuccessfully searching the factory service and owners manuals, I had to call the dealer. I was told that the other bulb is a F7LZ-13B765-BA. It is 1/4" in diameter. The T10s will not even go through the hole in circuit board. Can someone shed some light on this. Surely mine is not the only one using these bulbs.

Sweet job! I've been putting of doing this for to long. Couple bulbs out and it really bugs a guy!

Hopefully you have better luck than I did my lights started flickering about a month after installing

well done on vid,this is a game changer..

A few pointers to add, After changing my illumination and idiot lights Some of the holes in the back of the cluster come from the factory empty, If you are uncertain which ones are blank they will have no scratches on the silver tracing under the bulb holder. Secondly most led bulbs are made by the chicoms so If you reverse polarity and it still does not work you likely have a bad bulb always get more than you need. Thirdly not all of the indicator lights come on in the accessory position some only light up when cranking, Anything else can be checked by opening the door, turning on the flashers, etc. EDIT My indicator lights are now glowing faintly all the time this can only be seen when it is dark, also the turn signals and high beam indicator are to bright for night driving I really like the brightness of led but they are not dimmable I will be going back to halogen.

Hey. I know it's been a couple of years since you have done this. But by chance could you let me know where the parking indicator is bolted up to. Mine broke so I'm trying to find out where it hooked up.

Hey I see you still have the cup thrower style of cup holder. Have you updated to the new style yet? I'm driving a early 99 7.3 and I was stoked to get the more secure version. I have learned a lot from your experience thanks.

Has anyone tried green leds to increase the color saturation? Did it turn the needles an odd color?

@livingonwheels how many bulbs does it take for the cluster/gauges?

There is a better way to take out your headlight switch what you do is Turn headlamp switch knob to the headlamp ON position and pull the knob out. Insert a thin tool into the slot at the base of the knob to release it and pull the headlamp switch knob off. Position the knob and with the bottom end toward the headlamp ON position and push on shaft. Turn the knob counterclockwise until the back of the knob is in the OFF position. Turn the headlamp switch knob clockwise fully, remove the headlamp switch from the instrument panel and disconnect the electrical connectors. I think I explained it correctly. But by removing the knob and reversing it and then putting it back on the shaft and turning it, it pulls in the spring clips that hold it in place and lets you just pull it out. Its like a 15 second task. Follow removal procedure in reverse order when installing the original switch.

Excellent and thorough tutorial!! Did you get the white LEDs or the green ones to make the cluster look like that? Thanks!

With the 7.3k views 👍 cheers great video

Love this man! Thank you!

Great informative video content! I have a bulb out for my environmental controller switch. You’re right, there’s not a lot of videos to remove the dashboard. I had to replace my factory trailer brake controller. There was only one video but it had a pullout container which I didn’t have! So, thru trial & error I gently got the dashboard removed. I was praying the whole time that I didn’t crack the dashboard! No fun at all! Any suggestions for fixing my ‘05 6.0L driver’s side window? Luckily, it stopped working in the up position. Are there tips/ways to check the switch & motor? Thanks for all you do making your videos! Even tho I have a ‘05 6.0L, a lot of your mods are universal for the Powerstroke. With you, Nick (Fix it Nick) & Cody (Powerstroke Project) all of you guys have 7.3 but I have learned so many universal mods! Thanks again

Great video. What year is your truck? I have a 2002 and am wondering if my light switch will be different from yours from your description. I was hoping later in the video you would show what the turn signals and high beam looked like. Are the LED's dimable? Keep up the good work.

Nice work looks really good I see you did this video a while back just wondering which lights they really are they bright white I just don't want to order the wrong one since there are so many different 194 number 37 any help would be appreciated thank you

the 194 led's that you got were they white and just cam out green because of the tint?? the bulb that popped up on amazon (the 194) the only option is WHITE....

Thanks for all the info. I've been a subscriber / follower for awhile & have looked to a lot of your videos when planning improvements on my 7.3. I'm getting ready to swap out my dash lights & was wondering if you changed out all your warning lights as well?

I have a 2000 Ford F-150. I am replacing the instrument cluster lights with blue T-5 LED bulbs. The T-5 LED bulbs are polarity. When I install a LED bulb in the high beam indicator, I only get the LED to light up when I pull back on the left side turn-signal stalk or lever. When I push the stalk forward toward the dash so that the high beams are on all of the time and also for the high beam indicator light bulb to stay on all the time, I get no LED light at all. When I reverse the LED bulb polarity, I get no high beam indicator light at all in either direction. Does your T-5 LED bulb for your high beam indicator light up in both directions, forward for full time high beam or reverse (towards you) just to flash oncoming cars to warn them of a cop up ahead or whatever? I'm thinking I may have to use an LED bulb that is non-polarity, works in both directions like the factory original bulbs. But I do not see for sell on Amazon or EBay to where you can buy only one LED T-5 bulb that is non-polarity. Let me know on your truck if your high beam indicator light works in both directions (forward and aft or reverse). Thank You!!

Well, I finally got around to doing the LED replacements yesterday. Did the five 194 bulbs and the one 37 bulb, all in Blue. While I had the gauge panel loose I put the three power plugs back in, temp installed the headlight switch and turned it on to see if any of the bulbs needed their polarity reversed. About half were good and I easily switched the others. I could peek inside the panel and watch the bulbs light up. Here's the thing, while the middle of the gauge panel is now a nice bright blue it seems like the panel to the left and right is dark? I did the change in bright daylight so it's hard to tell. I'm going to check it again tonight and do a look-see. Any suggestions on why the left & right are dark and the middle is well illuminated?

This might be a dumb question... Does your instrument cluster still dim with the dimmer switch using the LED bulbs? No flashing or flickering?

Well, it turns out that the easiest thing to do is to pull the dash and radio as a single unit. Then, once cables are disconnected, you can disengage the spring clips from the backside of the dash.

When you upgraded your cluster lights did you have a issue with a few of your 37 bulbs coming on when you turn the truck on

Thank you for the video. It gives me the inspiration to put LED into mine. Did you replace ALL of the bulbs? or just two?

Great video on this install dude. The climate control bulbs do come out. I had one burn out And I can’t find replacement ones for them anywhere. I’m lost on this. You think I have to buy a whole new climate control unit?

I drive a lot of back roads with the dash as low as possible and black tape over the high beam indicator. Volvo/Saab(?) years ago had a blackout switch that killed everything or would illuminate just the speedometer, tachometer and fuel gauge. I'd love to have that. The replies below say these LEDs are dimmable. Good. Do you think the minimum light setting is about the same as the old bulbs? Thanks for the video. Good info. The dash is the same as in my Excursion. I may be goin' in!

Thank you so much your video helped me out!!