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Seat heater switch light fix 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Scott K on  Thu Feb 1 16:37 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I wanted to share a cheap fix for burnt out seat heater lights. All you really need is decent soldiering skills. At Track Auto buy #74 Auto Bulbs (Wagner Stk No. BP74, $1.99 for two) and a set of 5 68 Ohm resistors ($0.89, only need 1 or 2 resistors but sold in sets of 5).

Process:

1. Take the seat heater switch out and disconnect it from the car.

2. Take the actual switch apart and clip the wires from the old burnt out light and remove the light (leave as much old wire as possible).

3. Push the new bulb in place (fits nicely) and solder one wire end of the new bulb to the old wire and the other end soldier to the 68 Ohm resistor and soldier the other end of the resistor to the old wire.

Then put the switch back together reconnect the switch to the car and wala, you now have working seat heater lights!!! The 68-Ohm resistor is there so you can match the intensity of all the other bulbs in the car (and the other seat heater light if it hasn't burnt out yet).

This fix is for people who are like me and like to have every aspect of the car working!! (kinda nuts huh!)

Also I'm sure there's a bulb that would match out of the box but I was unable to find one locally, so this is why I came up with this fix.

(Total cost to fix $2.88, cost of new switch $40-$60 (I think))

Hope this helps

Scott





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