[V8] instrument light source?

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

Any decent autoparts store should be able to help you - but if you get stuck you
might try www.importpartsspec.com. I get all of mine there. The only bulb I have
had trouble getting is the one that goes inside some of the switches - like the
fog light switch. They are a smaller shoulder and lower wattage. So far I have
had to scavage them from the junk yard. Even the dealer is clueless (no suprise
there) and has been totally unable/unwilling to even provide a bulb part number.
They can however privide a new switch.
All of the cluster lamps however were easy to get.

Dave


Quoting Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>:

>
>
> Need a few instrument lights - one 2 watt white base, four 1.2 watt black
> base.
>
> These are NOT the same base size bulb as used in the 5000/100/200
> instrument cluster.
>
> I had an earlier cluster and for a few happy moments, I actually thought I
> had the parts I needed . . .
>
> The correct bulbs have a thinner bulb carrier shoulder (smaller O.D.) where
> they fit through the PC board.
>
> I'm wondering if FLAPS has these - Autozone lists them online at $2.29,
> some other online sources list them at 69 cents - this is for the white
> base 2 watt bulb.
>
> Haven't found the 1.2 watt black base bulb yet - the online pix is of the
> earlier, wide-shoulder carrier for the bulb.
>
> Nearest dealer is far, far away, and I'd rather go aftermarket anyway -
> these are Sylvania/Osram bulbs, so I see no reason to pay $6.49 list for
> them (yes, really!) at the stealership.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike Arman
> (Audi V8 . . . it isn't just a car, it's an ADVENTURE!)
>
>
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