General Discussion Discuss your Oldsmobile or other car-related topics.

light bulbs

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old December 19th, 2010, 03:27 PM
  #1  
Resident Eskie
Thread Starter
 
snowballs442's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: 33.357 - 84.572
Posts: 258
light bulbs

After 22 years of service my light bulbs on the interior of the Cutlass have not burned out but are so yellow from use, I really can not see the gauges. Will I have trouble if I use #168 instead of the stock bulbs? I think I am asking is the bulb going to be too hot inside the gauge package or should I use the stock bulbs?
snowballs442 is offline  
Old December 19th, 2010, 04:05 PM
  #2  
Moderator
 
2blu442's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Medford, Oregon
Posts: 13,774
Scroll through this thread, Rob talks about different bulb numbers.

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...t-my-72-s.html

There was another thread I thought created by Rob where he talks about painting something in the gauge pod that helped brighten the lights. You might send him a PM to ask about it. John
2blu442 is offline  
Old December 20th, 2010, 05:25 AM
  #3  
Registered User
 
Lady72nRob71's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Plano, TX
Posts: 11,798
Originally Posted by 2blu442
There was another thread I thought created by Rob where he talks about painting something in the gauge pod that helped brighten the lights. You might send him a PM to ask about it. John
See the "rally pack stuff" thread in my sig for that...
Once repainted, the 194 bulbs should work fine.
Lady72nRob71 is offline  
Old December 20th, 2010, 05:56 AM
  #4  
Connoisseur d'Junque
 
MDchanic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: The Hudson Valley
Posts: 21,183
To get the right bulbs for your applications, try Certified Auto Electric. Their prices are great, and they have pretty much every bulb you can imagine. They have more bulbs than just what you see here. If you e-mail them (sales@certifiedautoelectric.com), Jeff should be able to get you just what you want.

- Eric
MDchanic is offline  
Old December 23rd, 2010, 07:16 AM
  #5  
Registered User
 
cwracer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 116
http://www.superbrightleds.com/


Try this site. I changed out my gauge lights in my boat to red and loved the result. They never get hot and will most likely never fail.
cwracer is offline  
Old December 24th, 2010, 08:35 AM
  #6  
Resident Eskie
Thread Starter
 
snowballs442's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: 33.357 - 84.572
Posts: 258
Thanks for the suggestions. I looked at them all and like the color bulbs.
snowballs442 is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bgoble
Electrical
10
April 12th, 2013 07:53 PM
cohassetgold
General Discussion
3
October 13th, 2012 06:30 PM
ELECMAN
General Discussion
6
March 5th, 2012 08:21 AM
64starfire
Other Oldsmobiles
2
April 6th, 2011 09:07 AM
patmills
Electrical
7
February 22nd, 2010 04:06 AM



Quick Reply: light bulbs



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:21 PM.