Drew,
You gave me a great idea. I have to take the heater out anyway to fix a
noisy fan, previously discussed on the List. So while it's out, I'll
change all the bulbs the easy way. Lots of room.
Thanks.
Sumner
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> From: drew@pixar.com
> To: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>
> Subject: Re: Panel lamps
> Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 1:05 PM
>
> Hi Sumner,
>
> The lamp socket just pulls out of a short metal tube which is attached
> to the instrument panel. The bulb unscrews from the socket. It's pretty
> tight behind the panel if you have a heater so you might want to loosen
> the panel so you can pull it out some. Of course it's also pretty hard to
> get at the nuts which hold in the panel. Kind of a no win situation.
>
> This is a bit hard to describe but "all" of the metal clip fits inside
> the tube. One side of the clip is where the bulb screws in where as
> the other side is a sort of flat spring which helps to provide a ground
> contact to the inside of the tube.
>
> It would probably be a good idea to remove one of the cables from the
> battery before you go poking around back there. Plenty of bare connectors
> to go shorting out.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Drew
>
>
> On Jul 31, 11:05am, Sumner Weisman wrote:
> > Subject: Panel lamps
> >
> > One of my panel lamps just bit the dust in my TR-3. Since I've never
done
> > it, how do I replace the lamps that illuminate the small gages?
Looking in
> > there, I can see part of the lamp, which seems to have a metal clip or
> > spring of some sort around it. Does this pop open? Any hints to keep
from
> > breaking things in that crowded area?
> >
> > Sumner Weisman
> > 62 TR-3B
> >-- End of excerpt from Sumner Weisman
>
>
>
> --
> Drew Rogge
> drew@pixar.com
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