Fixing your light on the HVAC controler

So where is the A/c or the rear defrost button?

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Gotta turn on the lights to find them?
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The first step is to remove the controls and take out the back four screws.

Don't forget to remove the knobs...it won't come apart if you don't.
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Remove the the two screw holding the circuit board to the panel front

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Find the light that are not working...The four on the upper board on the left.
Next you must flip the board over and use a soldering iron to remove the burnt out lights and solder in new ones.

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New on the left and old lights
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Make sure you test the controller before putting the dash back together...you might have to re-solder some of the lights as I did.
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There, now I can find them
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BTW, There is a chevy and Olds controller in the pictures.

Olds on the top.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/therealsundance/DSC00056.jpg
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When I went to first tackle this job, I couldn't get the controller apart because I didn't pull the knobs off the front. So I got a second controller for $10, but all the same lights were burnt out. So, I figured I could break one. And then I figured out the magic of knob removal!

Cheers!