dash lights

[68nofussbus]

does anyone know the part number for the light bulbs in the high beam,oil, gen,parking lights in the dash ? been to two stores and no luck, even showed them the size of bulb and they look in a book and try to give me a bulb thats 2 times the size of original- one guy even said that someone changed the bulb sockets- I dont think so . thanks-

[vwjw]

Try Sylvania 2723. A bit brighter then the originals but same physical size.

[Dead 1]

[EZ Gruv]

[busfreak_71]

I had the same problem trying to find those bulbs, thesamba has saved me again.
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[rhinoman1947]

Do the 2723's fit into the same wedge base sockets that the original lights were in?

[EZ Gruv]

[david_594]

And 2721 is the proper 1.2 watt bulb for those who like things original(or just dont want 1 overly bright bulb).
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[EZ Gruv]

[Monkeyknuckles]

Has anybody tried the colored plastic covers that slide over the lightbulbs to change their color? I've seen them somewhere.
Nice green or blue lights in the dash.

[mygreenbus]

[dweller]

ahh, another thread to bookmark... building quite a library i am, saving on pen and paper notes that i usually lose anyway.

thanks for the bulb info.
dp

[Olde Volks Place]

FYI it is only the BULB that you will change and NOT the plastic housing.
I searched and searched for the bulb/housing combo only to find out that I only needed to change the bulb.

NAPA has them in stock.

[68nofussbus]

went with the2723 bulbs to brighten up the bus, what sucks is when I put the new bulb in for the brake warning light - it barely lights up and the alt/gen light is really dim too checked the wire diagram and will be tracing wires today , try to fix one thing and screw up three . i love my bus even though it sometimes kicks my ars. oh yeah I put the old bulb back in and the same thing happens

[drozdenko]

not to hijack a thread but in the process of putting new ones last week, I also checked my the female terminals on the back of the instrument panel.
i found a bunch of loose ones which then lead me to the fuse panel where i also found more. about 12 recrimps later my dash lights are nice and bright as well as my gas gauge works now.

you never know what you might find poking around.
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[robmcd]

So the question for me is how in the heck do you get back there to change the dash light bulb or do you go thru the front, or should I just sell the bus?

[busfreak_71]

[Chris Vellat]

Don't forget the speedo cable...

[fusername]

or in my case onoly two screws, as the plastic snapped around the heater levers.... sure makes it easier, i reccomend the mod to you!
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[Malokin Martin]

I don't know. I kind of like the old yellowish light. A bright blazing white light just doesn't seem right somehow...