Bulbs

[andygill]

Does anyone know what bulb I need for the dashboard light on my 1970 traveller and the brake light bulb.

I want to try and get them from a shop rather than online.

Thanks

[autolycus]

Where have you already looked for the spec?

Have you tried going into a shop with your old one?

Kevin

[bmcecosse]

Brake is 5/21 watt double filament bulb with offset pins.....very common.

[washer-bottle]

Andy

Instrument panel (speedo) bulbs are 12V 2.2W MES/E10 type 987. (MES means Minature Edison Screw). They look like old torch bulbs.

Halfords sell them at great expense if you really must ...
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165538

Al

[bmcecosse]

It's MOST unusual for an instrument panel bulb to fail - but I guess it can happen.....

[andygill]

It's MOST unusual for an instrument panel bulb to fail - but I guess it can happen.....

Is there anything else I can check before I go for the bulb ?

[mike.perry]

Swap the inst panel bulbs over

[andygill]

Swap the inst panel bulbs over

Finally managed to check the wires.

They all look OK, so it should be the bulbs.

How many bulbs are there for the speedo ?

[Fingolfin]

Two for illumination, four (since yours is '70) for idiot lights. Each bulb is in a clearly-visible socket mounted in the back of the speedo. So six in total -- though it's nice to have a couple spares of everything, so if you find a pack of ten, get it.

[andygill]

Two for illumination, four (since yours is '70) for idiot lights. Each bulb is in a clearly-visible socket mounted in the back of the speedo. So six in total -- though it's nice to have a couple spares of everything, so if you find a pack of ten, get it.

I only need the illumination bulbs.

[bmcecosse]

Amazing if they have both failed...

[mike.perry]

Have you actually checked the bulbs?

[linearaudio]

And have you checked the little on/off slide switch under the dash is "on" or not disintegrated?

[andygill]

Your both right it's not the bulbs.

The only bulbs that are lit are the red and blue on the right hand side.

[bmcecosse]

It's 'never' the bulbs............

[autolycus]

I'm afraid that this one is more a case for St Jude than for the more frequent contributors to this messageboard. When the poster is so determined not to do anything he is advised to do, or to do any thinking or investigating for himself, I don't think he'll be satisfied until someone goes round to his house, wipes anything that needs wiping, and mends his car for him.

Messageboards work fine usually, but in this case, as with the OP's headlamp query, they do need a certain degree of cooperation from the OP.

Kevin

[bmcecosse]

The red and blue are lit - WHEN???? Are the bulbs clipped in the wrong holes in the speedo????????????

[andygill]

The red and blue are lit - WHEN???? Are the bulbs clipped in the wrong holes in the speedo????????????

Sorry its the orange and red ones. They are lit when I turn the ignition key and go off when the engine starts.

[bmcecosse]

Ah right - that's spot on correct then....... Have you checked the join where the red wire and the two red/white wires appear to be joined together - are they? Or are they just bundled up together but not joined??

[andygill]

Ah right - that's spot on correct then....... Have you checked the join where the red wire and the two red/white wires appear to be joined together - are they? Or are they just bundled up together but not joined??

I did check but I'm going to buy a new connector as the old one is pretty worn.