dim fuel needle..

greetings and salutations (or whatever)

I got into my car to go to work tonight and noticed that the fuel gauge was extremely dim when compared to the rest of the instrument cluster (I just love saying "instrument cluster").. The needle didn't appear to be illuminated at all, and the green background was pretty dim. How many lightbulbs am I going to need to replace, and if one has been written, where is the how-to?

TIA-

-Adam