I must say John, that on my '67 Spitfire (with no rheostat), the instrument
lighting is still rather dim. I disassembled and cleaned the gauges and
replaced all the old bulbs with new. It's certainly readable in the dark,
but about half as bright as I would prefer it to be. I recall my first
Spitfire (also a '67) suffering from the same lack of illumination.
I'm beginning to think that a fibre-optic approach might be interesting.
One bright bulb could then evenly light all four gauges. Of course, this is
all just idle talk at this point since I rarely drive my car after
nightfall. I'm also not so sure that I would consider the installation of
a different bulb type as quite the radical notion...
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Macartney <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: Halogen panel lights
>
> I'm wondering if this route isn't more the piece of semtex to crack a nut?
Like others in
> the recent past, I've just completed the instrument cleaning function.
Removed 30+ years
> of crud from inside the glasses and fitted new bulbs. Amazing difference!
Previously panel
> rheostat was turned to maximum, now at half power and could well go lower.
It wasn't so
> much a question of dirt behind the glasses but severe blackening of the
original bulbs.
>
> Jonmac
>
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