The part that agitates the hell out of me is the fact that the wires connecting the bulbs only allow about 1/2 inch of movement. There is not nearly enough room to move around behind the gauges to plug those things in. I spent several hours trying to get mine set up right, and ultimately gave up since it 24 hours of daylight in the summer, and I don't drive the Chevelle in the winter!
SARGE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wurzbacher, Lance Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 5:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] 69 Dash Lighting I used epoxy to get them to stay together. Seemed to work fairly well. I put a drop on each spade where they fit into the socket and then a tiny bit around the rim where the metal ring sits. Yes I fully understand how pissed off you can get when it's all together and you here "pop" and one of the bulbs is loose in your gauge! -----Original Message----- From: Crazy Rusty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 10:18 PM To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] 69 Dash Lighting I thought about that. But I don't want to mess up the socket when I need to replace a bulb (and go back into dash hookup hell). Though I may not have a choice. I do not understand why they couldn't just make them like some of the other bulbs that have solid sockets that snap in... You have to agree, if you have had to mess with them before, they are a lot more trouble then they should be. -----Original Message----- From: Rick Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 69 Dash Lighting Try a glue gun to hold the bulb & socket inplace. Worked for a friend. ----- Original Message ----- From: Crazy Rusty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:08:29 -0700 Subject: [Chevelle-list] 69 Dash Lighting To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone out that have a sure-fire way to keep the bulbs and metal frame things from slipping out of the black sockets? I just spent a few hours putting my dash in, taking it out (getting the bulbs came out), putting it back in, taking it back out (getting the bulbs that came out) , you get the picture. I was thinking of using some contact cement on the little spade connectors that go down into the holder. I think the bulbs fall out when that thing gets loose. Any ideas? And if anyone know who the engineer was who designed those things, send him my way. Thanks, JB -- Rick Schaefer
