Instrument Cluster Lights

[e30partsguy]

Stephen, you should move the 'arrow light' two spots to the left to use as the fog light. CEL uses the light bulb that attached with the white connector, the one you have to pull out when you want to take cluster out. You have to pull out two light bulbs when you take cluster out, the one on the left (white connector) is for CEL and the one on the right (blue connector) is for anti-lock brake.

[Cosmic Serpent]

haha now I see.

[dnguyen1963]

The arrows are for when you have a trailer in tow.

There is a video on the net showing E30 towing a trailer...pretty funny, but with a sad ending as expected.

[bmwstephen]

unrelated..

when my odometer rolls, it kinda makes a click noise, is this normal for these mechanical style clusterS?

[bmwstephen]

sorry the one to the left of it, looks like a small lcd? could just be a reflection.

oh nah thats just a reflection of my stereo's cage. i forgot to put the blank cover back in

[Cosmic Serpent]

sorry the one to the left of it, looks like a small lcd? could just be a reflection.

[bmwstephen]

? What do you have in the switch socket above the stereo?

that's my alarm's LED

[JasonC]

The arrows are for when you have a trailer in tow.

[dnguyen1963]

The CEL light is in the wrong location. Previous owner probably removed the Brake Lining bulb. They are annoying as hell...non-stop flickering even with new brake pad sensors.

[Cosmic Serpent]

? What do you have in the switch socket above the stereo?

[agent]

Stephen, I was just working on my cluster yesterday. I believe the bulb that is in that double arrow socket should be in your Check Engine socket, which on my (early) cluster is the outermost round socket closest to the driver door. I can verify this when I get home this afternoon.

ninja edit: I type too slow...

[bmwstephen]

^ LOL I feel like a doofus

[Cosmic Serpent]

The arrow bulb might need to be in the check engine spot.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByS8EFRzCvc0Yzd0VHJCTTZZUVE/edit

[bowtie2bimmer]

The brake lining light is for the pads. There is also a parking brake light. The lining light does not come on unless the crush sensor is crushed, so that's normal for it to not light up in accessory. As for the arrows, no idea. I have two clusters and neither have that.

[Click]

Brake lining light doesn't light up on acc on mine, only when key is turned to the start position does it light up for me. I don't think the arrows are used on us models, I dont think a bulb is supposed to be in there.