68 Barracuda dash panel help

4spdragtop said

Yep, it definitely aint fun. Dads is 67 with AC, so it made it even more a pain in the arse. There was no way I could get to all the bulbs without removing the bezel. Me being a dumbass should have bench tested the bezel once we swapped bulbs.
And yes the chances of breaking something are good! If you remove it please for the love of the Mopar Lord buy an inst bezel nut remover for the switches. Very cheap on Ebag for about $10

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Guess what ? Bench testing the bulbs makes no difference in the end.
The LED bases fit these sockets soooo poorly that bumps in the road can make them come and go.
The thing is... the contacts inside the socket should touch the bulbs wire pigtail which is backed up by glass.
Not only is the LEDs wire smaller but the glass changes to plastic. So even if the contact is there initially the wire will fade into the plastic which was thinner than the glass to begin with.
I'm done. Good luck to all