Painting the inside of the instruments, cleaning the glass, and
installing 7.2v bulbs from Radio Shack has worked well for me. The
rheostat can (and probably must be) turned down. The bulbs are #52
bulbs that are stock items at Radio Shack. I have been told by one owner
who tried them that the burned out very fast. That has not been my
experience, however, and, even if they did last only 500 miles or so,
they are not that difficult or expensive to change.
Bob
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:49:03 +0000 Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
writes:
>Tom McLaughlin wrote:
>>
>> Ok so I finally got tired of not being able to see the temp guage
>and
>> spedometer at night on my 77B. I found the bulb in the temp guage,
>oil
>> pressure guage, fuel guage, and clock, but:
>>
>> *** Where are the lights for the Spedo and Tach? The manual shows
>them in
>> the back of the instrument, but I cannot find them. What am I
>missing?
>
>Any wires you can follow?
>
>> *** I tried 14 volt bulbs from Radio Shack which were way too dim
>and then
>> 6 volt which will wear out quicker, but who cares. These are still
>pretty
>> dim. I have seen some postings on this before, but cannot find them
>in the
>> 13021 messages in my MG Stuff mailbox. Has anyone found a way to
>> "brighten" the dash without serious modifications?
>
>Cleaning the bulbs and painting the insides of the case with
>high-reflectivity white
>reputedly makes a difference.
>
>PaulH.
>
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