Re: Instrument bulbs

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>]

On my 79 sedan,  I found bulbs for the heater/A/|C controls (2) at my local
Trak Auto now Autozone.  If these are the same as the console light, there
you are.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Graves" <gmgraves@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Instrument bulbs


> Have you tried places like AR Ricambi  in Alhambra CA
> 1-800-225-2532
>
> Or Alfa Parts in Berkeley CA
> 1-510-525-9435
>
> Often we tend to ASSUME that new parts aren't available anymore on
> these old cars. For instance, my GTV-6 has a factory sunroof. There is
> plastic escutcheon plate under the lock handle which covers the hole in
> the headliner. Since this plastic piece sits up next to the roof panel
> it bakes in the heat of the sun as the roof panel gets hot. Eventually,
> this piece becomes brittle and breaks. I checked with every Alfa
> wrecking yard I could find in both the USA and England looking for a
> good one. Nobody had one that wasn't cracked or broken. So, out of
> desperation, I called AR RIcambi -knowing that they certainly wouldn't
> have a piece like that, especially since all of them had deteriorated
> in all the cars fitted with a sunroof. "Sure," the guy at AR Ricambi
> said. "I've got  plenty of them, How many do you need -$15 each." Since
> then I've stopped assuming that new parts for my GTV-6 don't exist and
> I call the factory parts suppliers FIRST, then I go to the
> dismantlers........
>
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6
>
> On Monday, October 21, 2002, at 05:07  AM, alfa-digest wrote:
>
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:17:39 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>
> > Subject: Instrument bulbs
> >
> > Has anyone found a good generic replacement for the tiny instrument
> > bulbs
> > found in the Alfetta/GTV6?  The Sylvania 74 is very close, but the bulb
> > section is just a tad too big (like 0.5mm too big).  The fuel pressure
> > indicator in my Alfetta wasn't working because of the bulb.  I moved
> > the
> > fan bulb over (why do I need a light to tell me the defroster fan is
> > on?),
> > but I can't do this again w/o losing a light I want to keep. :-)
> >
> > james montebello
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