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Title: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: old_n07 on 19 December 2009, 16:11

On vehicles with the manual air conditioning controls there is one small bulb that illuminates all three dials. The bulb is located behind the centre control knob.

The bulb no. is 286 and its 12v 1.2w, £1.99 from halfords or 45p with a trade card

Turn the knob to the upright position and pull it to remove the centre knob, cover the pliers with some cloth to protect the switch

(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/old_n07/howto/bulbreplace/Step1.jpg)

Bulb Location arrowed

 (http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/old_n07/howto/bulbreplace/Step2.jpg)

Remove the bulb using either a pair of needle nose pliers with something like a rubber band round the ends to provide grip on the bulb or a thin piece of tubing pushed over the bulb.

(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/old_n07/howto/bulbreplace/Step3.jpg)

(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/old_n07/howto/bulbreplace/Step4.jpg)

Put in a new bulb

(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/old_n07/howto/bulbreplace/Step5.jpg)

taken from the guide I did over on the dark side

Neil

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: gijoebloggs on 27 October 2010, 13:21

Hi Mate, Cheers for the post, mine went a long time ago and thought I would have to remove all sorts to get to it. Will get it done this weekend J

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: daveski on 30 December 2010, 21:06

Thanks for this post. Going to check mine and replace it tomorrow :)

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: ABOO on 31 December 2010, 18:52

No dis-respect to guide above mate, but get yourself a carton of Ribena and look at the job in hand. When drunk it, use straw to push on and remove then replace bulb.

That's today's top-tip... :wink:

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: daveski on 31 December 2010, 20:45

I'm confused by that tip but guess it will make sense when I come to change the bulb

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: ABOO on 01 January 2011, 18:50

Believe me my good man, all will deffo become clear... :smug:

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: daveski on 02 January 2011, 18:51

Got the bulb out earlier, completely forgot about the straw tip! Certainly see what you mean though :)

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: daveski on 03 January 2011, 19:47

Ok I replaced the bulb but after a few mins it went off again. Is there anything else that could be wrong?

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: ABOO on 04 January 2011, 08:35

Is it deffo pushed right into holder daveski??? Has it gone off completely or just dimmer, as replacement bulb isn't as bright as original..

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: daveski on 04 January 2011, 10:59

Its gone off completely. I'll have another go at pushing it into the holder later, hopefully that will fix it as I was just getting used to seeing the heater controls illuminated!

Title: Re: Heater control Bulb replace.
Post by: km on 05 April 2012, 19:51

if anyone struggles to remove the old bulb, use some vacuum piping and slide it over the bulb, should be tight enough to pull it out. read it somewhere earlier, and it worked :smiley: