NEW instrument bulbs

[Rick65Cat]

This has probably been covered but I'm too excited to search.
My tach and speedo seemed dim at night and I thought one bulb was burnt out. So bright guy here decides to dis-assemble, clean the bulbs and the contacts....well, out of 4 bulbs, I buggered 3 completely

So, I didn't bother putting them back in and off I go today to Napa.
The originals are 3 watts and I was dubious when I could only find 2 watt bulbs. Let me tell you, these 2 watters are FAR better than the ones I had in the cluster. Much brighter!
So....for those of you who need bulbs the (Canadian) part number is, 17131 (description, "miniature lamps").
Can't wait to take a ride in the dark. Whoohoo!

[Sparky]

wheres the pics??

[Rick65Cat]

Old bulb is on the left, new bulb is on the right.

[koolaid_kid]

Nice. There was a thread about this recently, IIRC sources were listed for here in the States.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

That bulb is also known as a "T4W".

http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/t4w|12v|4w|ba9s~ece.html

Nice find! Thanks for sharing!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[Steve]

The original might have been a #53.

I recognize it because that's the bulb I use in my test light.

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[Kyoritsu]

theres these too

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2FBA9S6_specs.htm

i need those damn grain of wheat bulbs, Suzuki sells them for some stupidly hi price and all the part numbers I've run across are out dated. So I THINK I'll try my hand at some led/resistor soldering and make my own. If it works out I'll tell ya.

[Kyoritsu]

hesres a place with every bulb ever.

http://www.bulbtown.com/ShoppingCart.asp?