Re: Lights in the back of speedometers

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

     Tark,
     
        I think you mean something else.  I'm not talking about the 
     actual bulb retainer.  I'm talking about the internal baffles in 
     the speedo shell.  When I turn my headlights on and the panel 
     lights come on, the BRAKE and FRT.AXLE ENGAGED appear to glow.  
     Now when you actually depress the e-brake, or pull 4wd, the 
     indicators get quite alot brighter.  Now, the problem appears 
     that there should be some kind of small cardboard tube that 
     surrounds the lenses for the two 'idiot lights', thus eliminating 
     the light bleeding through from the other bulbs.  When I turn my 
     high-beams on, the blue indicator is so bright, that the odometer 
     is barely visible from the light bleeding down inside and behind 
     the speedo face.
     
        It gets annoying when new passengers always tell me 'your 
     brakes are on' or 'why are you in 4wd?'.  I always have to pull 
     levers or step on pedals at the next light to illustrate to them 
     nothings's wrong.
     
        -Joel,  Not do discount your technique.  I'm going to try it!


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Subject: Lights in the back of speedometers
Author:  tark_terra@domain.elided at mime
Date:    1/7/99 8:30 AM


Joel,
I have a pretty good fix for this. Since I have stolen all of them from every
   junkyard in the Northeast, i decided it was time to figure out how to fix 
   them.  The little tabs break off that hold them into the back of the gauge, 
   right?  Get some cheap two part 5 min. epoxy and mix some up on a piece of 
   cardboard like body filler.  Then take a nail or something to aply a dab of 
   it where the tab should be.  give it 5 -10 minutes to dry, then carve the 
   slot out of the epxoy.  I used an old hack saw blade to get the slot then 
   trimmed the corner with a utility knife to give it the slope so it turns in 
   easy and tightens.  I did it on ten sockets, I so I'd have a few spares.  I 
   now have more good sockets then bulbs.
Tark


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From: Jeff Tarquinio <tark_terra@domain.elided>
Subject: Lights in the back of speedometers
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