Re: speaking of dashes

[Ilias Glavinas <eg1@ee.wustl.edu>]

On Sun, 18 Aug 1996 Mute0@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 96-08-17 12:15:44 EDT, you write:
> 
> >>The light that illuminates the heater controls has burnt out in my 
> >>'85.  I pulled it out and it's a strange bulb that has a plastic base 
> >>and a skinny little bulb that's soldered onto the tabs that stick 
> >>through the plastic base.  The 2 wires plug into the tabs.
> >(snip)
> >>The dealer had a bulb that looked similar so I bought it and hope to 
> >>find a way to remove the tabs from the base and solder in the new 
> >>bulb.  Anyone ever run into this before?
> >
> 
> I have run into this - however i've only had my car for 2 mos and i have not
> had a chance to take a look at it.  If you find a good solution please tell
> me!

The solution is indeed very simple: you go to your dealer._ 
VW has come up (for at least 2 years now) with an improved design that 
lets you buy the plastic casing and the bulb separately, so that if your 
bulb goes, you only need to buy a new bulb ($.75) and slip it in the 
place of the burnt one. 


Ilias
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