HVAC Control Panel Bulb

[jlagnese@massed.net (John Lagnese)]

You can never have too much power.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Bureau <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Sunday, October 27, 2002 8:15 AM
Subject: RE: HVAC Control Panel Bulb


>A dremel tool... damn boyz, this is 3 oz of plastic, not steel
>all you need is an exacto blade to pop the rear cover out.
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T. Reed
>Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 4:43 AM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Cc: Scirocco-Al
>Subject: Re: HVAC Control Panel Bulb
>
>
>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
>>
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