dash lights

chrisradioman · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:

Cheers M8 thats very informative. Your dash has another 6 lighting poins what are these for? Mine only has 4. Oil, Battery, indicators & full beam. Question

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dweller · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:55 am Post subject:

okay, i just switched out my dashbulbs w/ 2723's and since it's daylight, can't tell a difference...
i'll know by tonite how much brighter it is.

but, what i want to know has anyone come up with any alternative methods for hooking back the guage cluster to dash other than the clips? i only have 2, 2 are missing i suppose. I think the PO had tried some sort of glue to one corner, since i had to cut it loose with a blade carefully.

i guess i could bend some metal like the clips, but just curious if anyone else had a better idea than the clips.

thanks
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CatfishCalhoun · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

Can't find any info on the Sylvania site about how many lumens the 2723 puts out. Wattage is a terrible way to value light output.

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This has a 6 lumen output and their regular and colour LED with this base have a 2 lumen output.
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stevespeirs · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:21 am Post subject:

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Randy in Maine · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:27 am Post subject:

Can you steal the bulb holder out of behind the heater vent levers?

stevespeirs · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:31 am Post subject:

busdaddy · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

Lighted heat controls is a 73+ thing.
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EZ Gruv · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:23 am Post subject:

busdaddy · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:36 am Post subject:

The placards on the dash by the lever slots are/were backlit.
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Anchovy · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:25 am Post subject:

Good tips on the brighter lights. I will give it a try when I go in to get the clock working.

EZ Gruv · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:28 am Post subject:

EZ Gruv · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject:

Mission accomplished...sort of.

I pulled the pod out and located my non-used bulb. I stuck it in the correct place behind the climate controls, but my bulb holder is tweaked (broken) and wont stay in the hole. But it worked....if only for a minute while I held it there.

Bonus, I found the one missing pod clip that I lost 4 years ago!
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stevespeirs · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject:

I'm glad I resurrected the thread.

Always nice to find a missing clip, eh?
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EZ Gruv · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject:

Indeed!

Hey Bob, got another one of those bulb sockets?
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whip618 · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject:

This is not a great pic but it does show the backlit heater controls

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Amskeptic · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject:

Here's another lousy shot of the '73-'75 dash at night, at 70 mph outside of Lordsburg NM last August.

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Spirit76 · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: dash lights

OK feeling like a total idiot here, which if you ask my wife she may confirm. My 76 Bay instrument lights aren't working. Read though multiple posts and threads here. I tested the gray and red wire with and without the bulb holders on and the test light comes on. However when I put the bulbs into the holder they don't light up. tried putting the bulbs in in various directions and still nothing. I get power at all three holders, but they won't light up. New bulbs but they still won't light. Someone please tell me I am missing something easy before I just leave it running with the garage door closed. thanks,

busdaddy · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: dash lights

The little brass tab in amongst the bayonet tabs on the bulbholders has to make good contact with the back of the cluster, otherwise the bulb can't ground.
Try cleaning up around the hole, and bending the tab out a little for better contact.
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