Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

I should have stated that my Accord is a '99. So here goes: My Accord is a '99.

The bulb part number for the odometer light on a '99 is #74, available at local parts houses everywhere.

Others have described the process of removing the black and clear plastic cover to the instrument cluster and the removal of the guage cluster itself. Six screws, a little anxiety about broken plastic bits and scratches, and about forty-five minutes of no ten-year-old-son-distractions and you're done. Disconnect the battery. People feel foolish driving their car to the garage with their airbag deployed. Negative then Positive to disconnect; Positive and then Negative to reconnect.

One gotcha: My instrument cluster would not come out, and I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. As it turns out, on my car, the right plug-in connector was "caught" behind another foam wrapped bundle of wires. I had to use a long screwdriver to lift up the one bundle before the righthand connector would come under it so my guage cluster would come out.

Okay, one other gotcha. After you remove the two screws holding the black and clear plastic bezel or guage cover, you have to pull the bezel toward you, not up or toward the windshield. Pull it toward your face and you'll be close to the right direction. It's a little awkward because there's nothing really to grab on to, but pull toward you with your fingers on the black part of the bezel and your thumbs on either side of the steering wheel and the thing will come out. It's all pretty sturdy stuff really.

As always, HTH.

ezmiles

One more time for the search engines: The bulb for the odometer light or backlight on a '99 Honda Accord is a #74.