78 center guage cluster
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78 center guage cluster
I have the center guage cluster out of car. I found a circuit board for a light lying on the floor behind the radio. It has three prongs on it which makes me believe it is the low fuel warning light. No bulb in it. What type of bulb do I need?
There is an empty hole on the just above the clock. The red window does not have any writing on it. Is this supposed to be empty?
I might as well replace all the 39 year old bulbs. I can't read any of the numbers on them. Are they all the same bulb? Five of them are for illuminating the gauges, one is for low fuel and one is for fasten seat belts.
The light at the top of the cluster that shines down on the heater controls does not work. Is this a special bulb?
There is an empty hole on the just above the clock. The red window does not have any writing on it. Is this supposed to be empty?
I might as well replace all the 39 year old bulbs. I can't read any of the numbers on them. Are they all the same bulb? Five of them are for illuminating the gauges, one is for low fuel and one is for fasten seat belts.
The light at the top of the cluster that shines down on the heater controls does not work. Is this a special bulb?
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I have the center guage cluster out of car. I found a circuit board for a light lying on the floor behind the radio. It has three prongs on it which makes me believe it is the low fuel warning light. No bulb in it. What type of bulb do I need?
There is an empty hole on the just above the clock. The red window does not have any writing on it. Is this supposed to be empty?
I might as well replace all the 39 year old bulbs. I can't read any of the numbers on them. Are they all the same bulb? Five of them are for illuminating the gauges, one is for low fuel and one is for fasten seat belts.
The light at the top of the cluster that shines down on the heater controls does not work. Is this a special bulb?
There is an empty hole on the just above the clock. The red window does not have any writing on it. Is this supposed to be empty?
I might as well replace all the 39 year old bulbs. I can't read any of the numbers on them. Are they all the same bulb? Five of them are for illuminating the gauges, one is for low fuel and one is for fasten seat belts.
The light at the top of the cluster that shines down on the heater controls does not work. Is this a special bulb?
Last edited by caskiguy; Feb 2, 2017 at 11:16 PM. Reason: grammar
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There is an empty hole on the just above the clock. The red window does not have any writing on it. Is this supposed to be empty?
I might as well replace all the 39 year old bulbs. I can't read any of the numbers on them. Are they all the same bulb? Five of them are for illuminating the gauges, one is for low fuel and one is for fasten seat belts.
The light at the top of the cluster that shines down on the heater controls does not work. Is this a special bulb?
Mine is currently out of the car and I'm following advice read in this forum. Such advice is to open the light path.
This pic is looking through the newly expanded path.
While I may have gone too far here's a photo of the metal shield just below the lamp housing. Originally the hole was significantly smaller and off center in a pressed "bubble" in the metal. In mine the hole in that "bubble" was not well placed and I enlarged it to the entire "bubble" size.
I also drilled and filed the inner hole to enlarge it slightly and make it more rectangular. Then I filed the final aperture to enlarge is slightly.
