Lexus: speedo needle not lit

"jon how" <com> wrote in message
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I HAVE READ THAT YOU CAN EITHER GET GAUGES FROM A JUNKYARD, OR I THINK THERE
MIGHT BE SOMEONE SOMEWHERE THAT REPAIRS THEM.

Or just drive with the flow of traffic.

Relax - it only costs around $600 to get it fixed - needs the whole speedometer
insert. Is a well known problem of Lexus.

> the speedo needle is not lit on my 92 ES 300. It flashed very briefly when 

Common problem. There are a few folks repairing them, although results are
mixed. Here is one, and a search will turn up others:

http://www.dashusa.com/japanese_imports.htm

- Mark

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 05:27:42 GMT, "markjen" <net> wrote:
 

I still like my solution though I haven't tried it.

1. Get access to the needles. For me, this is the hard part.

2. Very carefully and delicately, paint the needles themselves
with a paint that glows in the dark.

You may as well do this on all the needles since they will all
go dark eventually.

Why won't this work?