Date:         Mon, 27 May 1996 06:50:13 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SSGSPEAR@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Instrument lights (late model vanagons)

In a message dated 96-05-25 19:21:46 EDT, 73321.3047@CompuServe.COM (J
Greenberg G Jannini) writes:

> On 5/25, Colin A. Morin wrote:
>
><< I finaly went to Radio Shack and got the number for the instrument
>lights...You have to disassemble the VW lamp...Solder the new lamp to the
>metal
>tabs, be careful...Too much solder makes it almost impossble to
>reassemble the lamp...The part number from Radio Shack is 272-1092, >>
>
>   That's a nice description of a procedure to replace instrument bulbs
>Colin,
>but it seems like an incredible amount of hassle to replace a bulb that I
was
>able to purchase at a VW dealer 2 years ago at US$3.80 apiece.  How much do
>they want now?  

The light for the disital clock on the '87 Syncro went out last month, so I
bought another.
At 16:39 hours on 22 April 1996 at Rudy Luther's Burnsville Volkswagen,
Burnsville, Minnesota the price was an astounding amount of $2.22!  (I almost
always keep the receipts.)  The VW part number is 0177262.  That does seem
like a LOT of work for $2.22!

Brad
'72 Westy
'87 Syncro GL