That silly little lamp was tacked on in a half-hearted response to a US government requirement that heating controls be illuminated - earlier VWs didn't have it, and certainly none of them actually NEED it since you normally adjust the heat by "feel" anyway - at least I'd hope you aren't taking your eyes off the road and looking down there to do so. Personally I'd just remove the bulb.
--- Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Gang, > > Well the warm weather is here (I think) and I'm once > again spending some > time down in the "man space" (aka garage) working on > the four-wheeled > pumpkin. The little beastie in question is a '73 > Std. Beetle. > > At one time there was, apparently, a small lamp > center-mounted on the roof > of the footwell area. I think it was supposed to > shine on the HVAC controls; > I've looked at the owners manual but it really > doesn't show or say anything > regarding this lamp. All I have now is a bare bulb > hanging down (which does > work and does an excellent job of lighting up the > entire footwell area at > night which tends to wreak havoc on ones night > vision). Is anyone familiar > with this lamp and what it does and also know where > I might find one? It > doesn't seem to be reproduced and was apparently > omitted when the Beetle > migrated south of the border. > > My other immediate project is to tweak the rear > T-bars (as the old girl is > suffering from a droopy backend) and replace all the > bushings; I've kept the > postings regarding this topic as a source of gouge > regarding the upcoming > project. > > As always, thanks for any insight you folks can pass > along. > > Regards, > > Mike > '73T1 > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
