[Mg-t] Ignition lamp

[mgbob at juno.com]

  The original socket assembly used a screw-type bulb that was just poked into
the assembly against the spring.   That bayonet-base bulb may have been
someone's effort to find a 2.2 v bulb, or could be that the socket has been
replaced with something different from original. Bob

---------- Original Message ----------
From: John Deikis <johnsfolly at gmail.com>
To: Lew Palmer <lpalmer at roundaboutmanor.com>
Cc: MG T List <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Ignition lamp
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:00:56 -0400

Thanks, Lew. In looking at my lamp unit, it does not appear to have any
provision for a screw base bulb. The "side terminal" looks like a bayonet
type
barrel and the center terminal is down in the bottom, where you would expect.
There is also a spring in the center.  The unit looks like it should take
some
sort of bayonet bulb.

Have no idea where this came from. was in the car when I got it.

John



On Mar 26, 2011, at 9:59 AM, "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer at roundaboutmanor.com>
wrote:

> Originally, a screw base 2.2 volt bulb, but a 12 volt one will work -
> especially if you don't have the resistance winding on the lamp socket.
>
> Cheers,
> Lew Palmer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of JohnD
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:08 PM
> To: MG T List
> Subject: [Mg-t] Ignition lamp
>
> What sort of bulb fits the socket inside the ignition lamp on the fascia
TD?
> Thanks.
> John Deikis
>
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