Re: speaking of dashes

["John K. Gates" <john@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>]

On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Lisa & Rick wrote:

> I have a little problem maybe someone has experience with.  
> 
> The light that illuminates the heater controls has burnt out in my 
> '85.  I pulled it out and it's a strange bulb that has a plastic base 
> and a skinny little bulb that's soldered onto the tabs that stick 
> through the plastic base.  The 2 wires plug into the tabs.

The most annoying bloody thing.

> I went to the dealer after striking out at the local parts store.
> They spent about 1/2 hour trying to find a listing for it to no 
> avail.  They checked to see if it was included with the heater 
> control faceplate (it wasn't).  I find it odd that VW doesn't even 
> have a replacement listed and that this bulb is not used anywhere 
> else.  I remember reading either here or usenet something about an 
> ashtray light that was odd and hard to find.  Is this one and the 
> same?
> The dealer had a bulb that looked similar so I bought it and hope to 
> find a way to remove the tabs from the base and solder in the new 
> bulb.  Anyone ever run into this before?

My dealer just sold me one of the similar bulbs you mentioned. I just
soldered it in after cutting away part of the plastic holder. Not a neat
solution but it seemed to work. The heater bulb is the same as the one
that lights the oil temperature or whatever other kind of gauge they
stuck next to the ashtray. The ashtray light has a slightly different kind
of plastic base...

John K. Gates, UNIX Systems Administrator
john@fang.cs.sunyit.edu, http://www.cs.sunyit.edu/~john
'85 Scirocco 8v
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