ignition switch light?
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I used the 5 LED bulb due to the length.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ofit-car/2077/
I am NOT concerned about any dimming feature......so another bulb may be needed if a person is wanting that feature.
DUB
https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ofit-car/2077/
I am NOT concerned about any dimming feature......so another bulb may be needed if a person is wanting that feature.
DUB
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My May 68 has ignition switch light.
It dims with the dimmer.
It is a 1895 bulb.
Most ignition switches are missing the black
cardboard curtain insert.
Go on eBay as I do not have a picture.
You will find the bulb holder snaps in as shown
In above pictures.
The curtain directs the light to the key way opening.
It doesn't come on when you open the door like modern cars. You need to pull the headlight switch on to the park position to illuminate the bulb.
It's primitive like the key buzzer.
Marshal
It dims with the dimmer.
It is a 1895 bulb.
Most ignition switches are missing the black
cardboard curtain insert.
Go on eBay as I do not have a picture.
You will find the bulb holder snaps in as shown
In above pictures.
The curtain directs the light to the key way opening.
It doesn't come on when you open the door like modern cars. You need to pull the headlight switch on to the park position to illuminate the bulb.
It's primitive like the key buzzer.
Marshal
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My May 68 has ignition switch light.
It dims with the dimmer.
It is a 1895 bulb.
Most ignition switches are missing the black
cardboard curtain insert.
Go on eBay as I do not have a picture.
You will find the bulb holder snaps in as shown
In above pictures.
The curtain directs the light to the key way opening.
It doesn't come on when you open the door like modern cars. You need to pull the headlight switch on to the park position to illuminate the bulb.
It's primitive like the key buzzer.
Marshal
It dims with the dimmer.
It is a 1895 bulb.
Most ignition switches are missing the black
cardboard curtain insert.
Go on eBay as I do not have a picture.
You will find the bulb holder snaps in as shown
In above pictures.
The curtain directs the light to the key way opening.
It doesn't come on when you open the door like modern cars. You need to pull the headlight switch on to the park position to illuminate the bulb.
It's primitive like the key buzzer.
Marshal
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Led
I used LED for all of the bulbs on my new dash harness. Increased brightness, plus......if you "stretch" the wiring putting the dash panel back in, the LED are less likely to break than the fragile little glass bulbs. DUB mentioned in a previous post how hearing "tink!" as you were pushing the panel in place meant that a bulb had broken and fallen into the inside of the gauge. I got everything in place without breaking nary a one. RA
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I used LED for all of the bulbs on my new dash harness. Increased brightness, plus......if you "stretch" the wiring putting the dash panel back in, the LED are less likely to break than the fragile little glass bulbs. DUB mentioned in a previous post how hearing "tink!" as you were pushing the panel in place meant that a bulb had broken and fallen into the inside of the gauge. I got everything in place without breaking nary a one. RA
DUB
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Will they dim with the switch?
Last edited by Rescue Rogers; Jan 20, 2016 at 09:23 PM.
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