Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:39:46 -0800
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject: Rear lights USA vs. EUROPA
In-Reply-To: <B6B2A490.2AB5%albell@uvic.ca>
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Pensioner and I ahev been discussing the differences and I thought I'd send
this to the list as it maybe interesting to others
Alistair
>
> well I have both lamp holders in front of me, one marked "EUROPA" and one
> marked "USA".
>
> Here are a couple of crude ASCII sketches, "blank" not only means no bulb but
> also no contacts. The numbers 32cp etc are bulb references.
>
> You proably knwo about those contacts all too well, did you have an easy time
> manipulating/wiggling them in and still have them make good contact?
>
> You also prob know that the euro and usa lenses are different, if not let me
> know and I'll try and summarize with more ascii art.
>
> ab
>
>
> (Please view in a fixed-width font - Monaco)
>
>
> +---------------------------------------+
> | 32cp 4cp |
> | |
> | ----- ----- |
> | // \\ // \\ |
> | |/ \| USA |/ \| |
> | | used | | used | |
> | | | | | |
> | |\ /| |\ /| |
> | \\ // \\ // |
> | ----- ----- |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | ----- ----- |
> | // \\ // \\ |
> | |/ \| |/ \| |
> | | used | | blank | |
> | | | | | |
> | |\ /| |\ /| |
> | \\ // \\ // |
> | ----- ----- |
> | 32cp 32cp |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | 251 945 258 |
> | A/B/C/D |
> | |
> | |
> | P25-1 ----- |
> | /-\ 32cp // \\ |
> | \-/ |/ \| |
> | | used | |
> | | | |
> | |\ /| |
> | \\ // |
> | ----- |
> +---------------------------------------+
>
>
>
>
>
>
> +---------------------------------------+
> | P25-1 P25-1 |
> | |
> | ----- ----- |
> | // \\ // \\ |
> | |/ \| EUROPA |/ \| |
> | | used | | used | |
> | | | | | |
> | |\ /| |\ /| |
> | \\ // \\ // |
> | ----- ----- |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | ----- ----- |
> | // \\ // \\ |
> | |/ \| |/ \| |
> | | used | | used | |
> | | | | | |
> | |\ /| |\ /| |
> | \\ // \\ // |
> | ----- ----- |
> | P25-1 R19/10 |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | 251 945 258 |
> | A/B/C/D |
> | |
> | |
> | ----- |
> | /-\ P25-1 // \\ |
> | \-/ 32cp |/ \| |
> | | blank | |
> | | | |
> | |\ /| |
> | \\ // |
> | ----- |
> +---------------------------------------+
>
>
>
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