Little green lights

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Little green lights

Post by Tidmo » Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:39 pm

Random question for you!
Any idea where i can get hold of more of the little green lights that light up the rear heater controls?
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Re: Little green lights

Post by jaylee » Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:45 pm

Do you mean the one in the panel above the controls...?
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Re: Little green lights

Post by Tidmo » Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:56 pm

Thats the one :)
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Re: Little green lights

Post by jaylee » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:05 pm

Its a T5 white capless bulb... (From memory) Gain access to it from behind the panel, twist the holder to remove...


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Re: Little green lights

Post by Simon Jones » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:38 pm

If you remove the plastic trim round the aircon controls, you can reach up behind the panel to access the bulb holder which should pull up with a little twist. Having thin bendy-back hands also helps :)
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Re: Little green lights

Post by jaylee » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:45 pm

Simon Jones wrote:If you remove the plastic trim round the aircon controls, you can reach up behind the panel to access the bulb holder which should pull up with a little twist. Having thin bendy-back hands also helps :)
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Re: Little green lights

Post by jaylee » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:48 pm

You can't have a title like "Little green lights" without at least one alien gag can you...?!!! :mrgreen:
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Re: Little green lights

Post by Tidmo » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:50 pm

lol! Thats the one. Shame its not green! :wink:
Seriously i was maybe a bit vague in my explaination. Im wanting the complete green plastic unit. Got a good pimping idea...
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Re: Little green lights

Post by jaylee » Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:58 pm

You meant the actual green lens.... The tab broke on mine & they do drop out... I glued mine back in..

You could try drilling a larger diameter hole & use something like this wired into the existing circuit...?? http://www.thetoolboxshop.com/0-607-34- ... 4845-p.asp
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Re: Little green lights

Post by Tidmo » Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:21 pm

Fantastic! Thats great thank you. Just what im looking for.
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Re: Little green lights

Post by jaylee » Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:11 pm

There is a kind of box section behind the panel with the lens that the bulb holder screws to that acts as a housing for the bulb... But it is pop riveted on! (i think?) :wink:
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Re: Little green lights

Post by mikeWalsall » Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:24 pm

I would think any of the Bongo converters like JAL would have boxes full of those units as they remove them to fit the sink /cooker units ..
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Re: Little green lights

Post by Simon Jones » Fri Nov 25, 2011 6:42 pm

FYI - I got one of these from a scrapy once & they do tend to break in half, so swapping the entire panel may be a safer bet.
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Re: Little green lights

Post by Tidmo » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:53 pm

thank you for all your replies, will be using what ive found on toolbox.com. Will be posting pimp soon. Thanks! =D>
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