[s-cars] Noisy Dashboard 1992 S4 and LCD Questions

[Bob Rossato]

My mistake.  I got the descriptions backwards.  I just looked at my spare
bulbs bin and found several of the large square base green bulbs in there,
and none of the hex shaped ones.  So, the ones from the dealer are hex
shaped, not square as I incorrectly stated before.  And the hex ones also
have the beefier pre-load tab, which makes sense.

The original orange based 1.1w bulbs that were in my cluster were also hex.

Bob

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> To: bob.rossato at att.net; 'Cody Payne'
> Cc: 'Robert Myers'; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Noisy Dashboard 1992 S4 and LCD Questions
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>
> Bob-
> Sounds like a running change in parts, because I bought the exact
> same part number recently and they are the short, hex shaped base
> green plastic bulbs, while the ones I pulled out of my cluster are
> the taller square shaped base that you describe.
>
> Very interesting.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 3:53 PM
> To: Cody Payne
> Cc: Robert Myers; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] Noisy Dashboard 1992 S4 and LCD Questions
>
>
>
> > -4) I found out the bulbs fit pretty good however I would take a pair
> > of needle nose pliers and crip down the Osram bulb metal contacts a
> > little tigher so they fit tighter in the connectors.
>
> I had noticed this as well when I did mine.  I had ordered them from The
> Parts Connection but I'm sure they were the same as you got.  As I
> hadn't ordered enough, I went to the local dealer and got the OEM bulbs,
> p/n 893 919 040A.  These fit perfectly.  Both are made by Osram and the
> dealer price was around $2.5 each as I recall.  Both bulbs have a green
> base but the Audi ones have a taller, more or less square shape to them,
> while the aftermarket ones have a short hex shaped base.  Looking at
> them again the other day I noticed the little plastic tab on the base
> that preloads the base is a little larger on the tall square base ones.
> It looks like the shorter hex based ones that everybody else sells are
> for different areas of the IC.
>
> If you're picky and don't want to fuss around with crimping the contacts
> to get a good fit, get the bulbs at the dealer.  The price difference is
> a piss hole in a snowbank, all things considered.
>
> Bob
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