I have a 1983 280ZX that has an illumination bulb burnt out on the heater/ac control. This is not an automatic control unit it's manual. I wanted to know if there was any way to change this bulb without removing the entire unit.

 

It's pretty hard to get to. Unless you remove the dash. I think anyway. Unless you can get to it, by removing the main instrument cluster. And then maybe seeing if you can reach the ac/heater control panel. And the bulb would be located on the side of the faceplate behind it. I had my dash apart not too long ago. And remember some things about it. Good luck

 

It's been a while since I've replaced those bulbs... but it shouldn't be hard at all. Remove the dash colored bezel that borders the a/c controls, then use needle nose pliers to loosen the 8mm bolt on each side of the slider faceplate, pop off the slider tips, pull off faceplate, replace bulbs. w00t.

Page 207 of the 280zx Haynes manual...

 

Woops.. my bad. Shoot I should have known that. doh! Thanks for making it easier for him to figure out. I'm going to crash now.