[TR] LED Dash lights

Rochlin Robert rrochlin at comcast.net
Tue Oct 8 17:14:18 MDT 2019


I’ve got a set of green tinted LED E10 bulbs that I had in my TR6.  The only place they Won’t work well is in the Speedo/tach where you need to cut out the plastic domes inside the light inserts to get them to seat fully. I’d be willing to let them go for the price of postage.
	Best,
	Bob

> On Oct 8, 2019, at 3:58 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> My experience has been that cleaning everything, painting the inside of the
> gauge housings and replacing the side windows in the small gauges; plus new
> original type bulbs made a huge difference.  Plenty bright enough for me
> (and I don't particularly like looking at LEDs).  
> 
> Bulb output always goes down with time (even with LEDs), but modern bulbs
> usually burn out before they get too dim.  Not so the old Lucas bulbs, I've
> seen them still "work" when they were almost too dim to see!  Sometimes the
> glass is shiny black from all the metal evaporated from the filament and
> deposited on the inside of the glass.
> 
> But if you want to go the LED route, there is some good information here:
> https://www.triumphexp.com/forum/tr2-and-tr3-forum.6/changeover-to-led-light
> s.1649452.1653188/#msg-1653188
> 
> -- Randall 
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild 
> 
>> I note the lights on my TR3 dash are pretty dim (no duh). Has 
>> anyone used either the standard height or short LED's for 
>> your dash lighting, as sold by Moss?  (BTW, yes, my car is 
>> negative ground). 
>> 
>> https://mossmotors.com/led-dash-bulbs 
>> 
>> Any feedback/insights/advice would be much appreciated...
>> 
>> Dave 
>> 
>> 
> 
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