MFD thing? lol

[Novaboi_1991]

Hey guys.

right, i got some bulbs of joycey for my display thing, but theyre not working? its not a MFD its jus the date/time/temp one. would i need a proper MFD for the bulbs to work?.

cheers

 

[Andy_Mk3]

Are they LED or regular bulbs? They will all work in any of the units, but if they are LED they will only work one way round. If they are bulbs then it could be a dodgy connection on the circuit board that they make contact with.

 

[Novaboi_1991]

theyre LED bulbs. the contacts go infront and behind the circuit board, where as with the regular bulbs they only have the contacts that go infront.. so you push them in and twist,.

 

[Andy_Mk3]

If they're LED then take them out, rotate 180 degrees and refit. They should work just fine.

Btw the unit with the time - date -temp is called a Triple info display (TID)

 

[Novaboi_1991]

il try that, if not il look about for a MFD and stalk.. im guessing its not too hard to wire in?

it might not help that my battery is ni on dead, but it made it light up before i changed the bulbs, then i ended up getting locked in the van as the central locking threw a spazzo at me lol. not what i need as doors not opening now might fail the mot tbh lol.

 

[Andy_Mk3]

There's a guide on how to wire it in. I wired mine in.. about 15-20 wires in all I think.

 

[Novaboi_1991]

Whoaa, is that an astra MFD? i didnt think they were much different to the one i have? that looks like a vectra one?.

Looks mint dude.

 

[Andy_Mk3]

just an astra gsi one

with blue LED

and then white LED

 

[Novaboi_1991]

Blue looks cool. il see if i can get the display and stalk cheap.

Cheers dude

 

[Andy_Mk3]

I much prefer the white to the blue, the blue is very in your face and looks a bit cack. You should be able to pick one up for £10-20.

 

[Novaboi_1991]

I much prefer the white to the blue, the blue is very in your face and looks a bit cack. You should be able to pick one up for £10-20.

Well, il see if i can actually get them working first lol. il try turning them around tomorrow, also get my battery on charge. so i dont lock myself inside again lol.

 

[danh]

Just leave the van running, will charge then. As said its most likely the bulbs need to be turned 180 degrees.

Id like a MFD in mine but i really cba with all the wiring. Andy want a job?

 

[jezzasin]

i did mine myself



was a right pain in the arse but i wired it in, i read the MFD installation guide by lefthooker and labelled each wire so i knew which one was which, that made it easier to fit,



just remember to wire each earth down seperate to a single earth point as when i did mine i wired them all to 1 wire then down to the earth point and i have a few things not working properly like the temp, hopefully ill get it in and working properly soon, then i can get it updated to the proper software to get the range and speed working

 

[BenAstra]

What functions of the MFD actually work if you wire it in yourself though?

 

[sonny]

If you follow instructions in previously mentioned guide, everything can work like in original...
Here's mine...



Mine is showing only outside temp, average speed, average consumption, range, stopwatch.... I didn't connect rest of the wiring ( light errors, washer fluid level, coolant... ) because i don't have these installed on my car