[T3] Dash Light Bulb

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/16/2011 1:03:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
knowonelse at sbcglobal.net writes:

It took  me more than hour to get the seven bulbs out and I have a blister 
to show for  it. Severe oxidation filled the spaces between the bulb and the 
 holder.

The oxidation is so severe that the phosphoric acid didn't  affect it at 
all. I was able to clean some of them up using the old-school  trick of a 
pencil eraser and while some of them cleaned up nicely, others are  just 
laughing at the eraser.

Any other  suggestions?





If you're trying to clean the bulbs bases, you can use sand paper (320 to  
400 grit). If you're trying to clean the bulb holders, a small pocket knife 
(1/4  inch wide blade) will work for scraping in the holder sides, and 
possibly  the very bottom contact. I had to do that with my T-34, since it had 
45+ years  of "growth" on them (man were they hard to get out). Now that 
they're clean,  they work great, and slipped in and out just fine. : )  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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