The VanCafe part is here: http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1576_138/high-beam-indicator-bulb.htm l The trick - now that Iıve had a few replies to my first message - seems to be getting in to the instrument cluster without damaging other things! Thanks for the very useful tips on how to NOT damage the foil and the tabs, but as we all know, any time you disturb those 30 year old parts, there is a risk of "doing more harm than good²
r On 2015-04-28, 1:03 PM, "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: >At 03:44 PM 4/28/2015, Roy Nicholl wrote: >>Very good questions ... now, I wonder if I still have the notes >>around about what I used - I seem to recall we just soldered in as a >>replacement for the existing bulb. > >If it can use the existing 270R then it's just a matter of forming >the leads like the other LEDs in the panel, and putting it in right >way 'round. That's a very nice diffuser cap on the incandescent, >though -- I can easily see an LED being an inferior replacement. > >Yrs, >d |
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