Re: [DML] Digest Number 2142

[klaus.steiner@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Why a dental pick ???
Laying in the foot compartment with a arm behind the center console you
can fix the sockets

Klaus & 05980
with LEDs in door, interior lamps and center panel
and red bulbs in instrument cluster, because LEDs are not bright
enough

> Message: 15        
>    Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
>    From: Rod Dillman <rhdillman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Installing LEDs in the AC panel
> 
> When I installed Ba7s in my AC panel one bulb was so far
> back in the panel I could not get the old bulb out. It
> was clear that if I tried it would get pushed behind the
> AC panel and since I was short one bulb I elected to
> leave it for later. I reordered another Ba7 and have
> discovered a simple, quick and easy way to bring a
> recessed socket forward in the AC panel. Using a hooked
> dental pick, insert the hooked tip in the small notch in
> the side if the socket. There is a notch on each side of
> the socket base that the bulb fits in when inserting a
> new bulb. Since you twist the bulb to hold it tight, this
> notch is empty. By applying slight pressure toward the
> side of the socket as you pull outward, the whole base
> moves forward. Pull it out until you get it to the point
> that you can remove the old bulb. If you don't have a
> hooked dental pick you can find them on Ebay for about
> $10 a mixed set, or ask your friendly dentist to let you
> have one of his cast-offs. You will discover lots of
>  uses for them. I do not sell dental picks, nor am I a
> dentist.



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