>The blue high beam indicator light is not an LED but an incandescent bulb >and does burn out. All the other indicator lamps are LEDs. Don't ask, >'cause >the answer is "German Engineering". They are available from VW The answer isn't german engineering, but rather the fact that blue LED's were a very rare and expensive item in the mid 80's. The bulb can be replaced with a blue LED if you like. (now that blue LED's are *cheaper* than light bulbs) Put a resistor in series to limit the current. Somewhere around 2200 ohms would probably be fine. Less resistance to make it brighter, more to make it dimmer... Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" |
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