The bulbs are a twist-to-lock type and come in a little black plastic holder. I used a small pair of parallel jaw pliers to grip the older with then gave a twist to to the left as I remember, to unlock it and remove. Good luck. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Geoff Wilke wrote: > > I have a burned out bulb in the instrument panel (speedometer,) and so that > I can stay under 100mph easily, I feel a need to replace it. I can get the > cover off and I can slide that holder out but I'm a little nervous about > what to remove to get at that little bulb that's behind the printed circuit > strip. Do I twist the black holder out, pull it out straight, or pull the > bulb out from the front, or what? Thanks in advance. > > Geoff > Seattle > '85 vanagon > '74 Thing > '58 BMW R50 |
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