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Old 03-27-2007, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by callisto9
dumb question, but is that bulb just for that dial, or does it light up all three dials?

thanks for the awesome write-up!
It lights up all 3. There's a red plastic light diffuser around the bulb and that lights up the other 2.

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Originally Posted by SilverSportNOLA
Good Writeup .... I should have thought of the vac hose when I changed the bulb in my OEM Radio on my Ford Truck .... NAPA had a bulb similar to that. It was a #73 for 99 cents for my truck radio, might be the same ... about 3/4 inch from tip to bottom of the wedge and about 5mm diameter.
That bulb sounds bigger around than ours. Ours fits just right in that piece of 3.5mm ID vac line.
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