HVAC Control Panel Bulb

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

Yeah, it can be done. That's what I did before I got the backing piece
from the removable bulb plate. Actually, I used a dremel tool to chew away
the side of the bulb holder "stem". Then I desoldered the old, burnt out
bulb and soldered in a new dash bulb in its place (the same 2721-ish bulb
that is used elsewhere). Worked fine, but leaked a little light around the
side.. the electrical tape I wrapped around it melted so I finally went
ahead and got a removable bulb plate like I described in my previous
e-mail.

-Toby

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Scirocco-Al wrote:

> Has anyone ever tried to just drill a hole where the plug is and insert a
> light from radio shack in there?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Collins" <kcollins1@socal.rr.com>
> To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: HVAC Control Panel Bulb
>
>
> "T. Reed" wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I got a brand new replacement from Potter a couple of years ago and
> mine has the english text on it too.. apparently that's what you get
> if you go new at this point.
>
> --
> Kevin Collins
> Huntington Beach, CA
> '86.5 16V 2.0
> '02 GTI 337
>