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Instrument lighting upgrade? 200 1984

posted by  jaydee on  Wed Oct 13 17:04 CST 2004
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Are there brighter bulbs that may be used instead of the 1.2A peanut bulbs that are standard on the instrument cluster? The Oil Press, Voltmeter, Clock and Ambient temp gauges in my 240 are so dim I have trouble reading them. The main rheostat seems to be working, as I have no trouble reading the speedo and tach, but the other instruments are really dim.
The Amb temp in particular is dim using a standard bulb, as the depth of the instrument itself is probably 50% more than the other instruments, so further for the light to travel.
Has anyone found a brighter bulb that will not overheat the instrument?
Thanks
JD
65 1800S
74 Jensen Healey (with REALLY dim instruments!!!)
84 240GLE
89 760 GLE
92 960 GLE






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