Help Clifford find his lamps
 

Help Clifford find his lamps

Started by bobofthenorth, January 31, 2010, 02:33:15 PM

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bobofthenorth

Clifford has helped plenty of us over the years - here's a chance to give a little back.  He's looking for these little devils:





They are about 1" x 3/8" on the display face and about an inch deep.  It doesn't show very well in the pictures but they are designed to snap into a rectangle panel hole.  They have a tiny incandescent bulb inside them.  I have the same units in my panel with red covers on them.  Clifford is looking for white ones to use for backlighting.
R.J.(Bob) Evans
Used to be 1981 Prevost 8-92, 10 spd
Currently busless (and not looking)

The last thing I would ever want to do is hurt you.
Its the last thing but its still on the list.

Ed Hackenbruch

I haven't looked at their site for a while but maybe Lamptec  has them?
Used to own a 1968 MCI 5A and a 1977 5C.

luvrbus

Guys,I really need help finding these to remove the dash and change the back lighting would be a major project that I am not up too 

thanks Bob
Life is short drink the good wine first

bevans6

1980 MCI MC-5C, 8V-71T from a M-110 self propelled howitzer
Allison MT-647
Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia

pvcces

Clifford, I don't see whether you are missing lamps or they are just burned out. If you have the assemblies and have too much trouble finding replacements, repairing burned out units can be pretty easy. We needed some tiny dial lamps for an older expensive radio and are very happy with the dial lights .

If you can find an LED that will fit in the case or socket with a little room left over, a tiny resistor could set the current flow in the LED, which would set the brightness of the LED. Since Bob did not bring this up, I'm guessing that this would not work for you. I brought it up so that others might think about doing this. It's very easy to do.

For what it's worth.

Tom Caffrey
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
Suncatcher
Ketchikan, Alaska