HVAC Control Panel Bulb

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

What I did was find a panel in a junkyard that was similar but not
identical to mine. It had words like "MAX A/C" and "VENT" spelled out
instead of the cute little icons.

It was a plug and play replacement, but I didn't want some yuppie US-only
English-language crap on my German car, so I got out a razor blade and
carefully cracked the glue holding the white plastic backing containing
the bulb all the way around. Did this on the original panel, too, then
swapped backings. Put a couple drops of glue in each corner to hold it,
and it worked like a charm. Now I have a removeable bulb a/c panel..

HTH,

-Toby

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, John C. Worden wrote:

> At 02:12 PM 10/25/02 -0700, John Erickson wrote:
>
> >I dug through the archives without much luck.  The bulb in my control
> >panel is burnt out and the dealer doesn't stock them.  I can, however, buy
> >a whole new panel for $36.  Anyone have an alternative?
> >
> >John
> >87 16v
> >Long Beach
> >
> >
> I seem to remember some of the older ones (8V's) having  a panel where you
> could replace the bulb just like the ashtray light and the like.  Maybe
> look for one of them.
>
> John
>