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wanaron

Member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #1

Hi all;
after a short absence am back in the fold. done the japs n back to a Landy. hope im forgiven.
does anyone know the procedure for getting the lights to work that illuminate around the gear shift on my discovery.

Thanks Wayne

 

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bobbler

New Member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #2

if its a disco one, you can remove the little plastic surround and there is a bulb on each side, just take it out and replace

not sure about the disco 2

 

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wanaron

Member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #3

thanks Bobbler;-
yea its a disco 1 (97 P). sounds easy enough to do. dont want her indoors selecting reverse instead of drive, then saying I couldnt tell cos no lights.:doh:

Cheers Wayne

 

gR@HaM

Well-Known Member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #4

Piece of pi55 mate just done mine, the bulbs are same shape as side repeater ones.
Let us know if there's anything left of the illumination plate which the bulbs light up, mines fooked you can only just make out the gear selection

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Oct 25, 2010

• #5

Same shape bulbs ie. capless, but 3w not 5w as used in the side repeaters.

 

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wanaron

Member

• Oct 27, 2010

• #6

Hope everything is as easy as that going forward. Yeah as u say a piece of P***. suprisingly lights up really well, no problems seeing what gear in. Believe me thats most important with my missus

Cheers Wayne

 

gR@HaM

Well-Known Member

• Oct 27, 2010

• #7

cool, it's the coating that's come off of mine leaving a lot of red/green light.
Looks kinda Dr Who though

 

Big Stu 12

Well-Known Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #8

discool said:

Same shape bulbs ie. capless, but 3w not 5w as used in the side repeaters.

Click to expand...

Rave Workshope manual Introdution Page 15, Quotes 5w not 3w, I had blown lamps as well.......

 

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wanaron

Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #9

fitted 3amp at the moment. light up really well. see how it goes.
cheers anyway.
Wayne

 

horse62

Active Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #10

Following this thread, I replaced mine today, easy job took 2 mins and i used 5w bulbs and the plastic gets a bit warm to the touch and that was in a ten min journey home will be keeping my eye on it.

Nice to see it lit up though for the first time

 

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robgeev

New Member

• Oct 29, 2010

• #11

DO NOT use 5W, unless you want melted strip, trust me-buggered one before!