cigarette lighter bulb

[ae92boy]

what type of bulb is for the cigarette light cuhz i used pliers to pull it out turns out the bulb was solder on???? so confused

[SCT]

No solder!

When you pull the console off, the lightbulb socket only requires a 90-deg counter-clockwise turn and it should simply pull out. And the bulb should slide out of the socket, small little peanut bulb.

[ae92boy]

Originally Posted by SCT

No solder!

When you pull the console off, the lightbulb socket only requires a 90-deg counter-clockwise turn and it should simply pull out. And the bulb should slide out of the socket, small little peanut bulb.

i did do that. but when you try to pull out the bulb it is actually solder on i used plier to take out the little bulb. when i saw that the wires were off the bulb i looked at the socket and they were soldered on???/

[SCT]

ah ok. I just took the one out my car. I never changed the bulb by itself, did the whole socket I got from the junkyard. Yea, the bulb is solder in there. I'll post up a pic in a few seconds. I just pulled my out my car to see. I was able to remove the bulb.

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You'll see the tabs on the socket. One on each side, use something flat enough, or even a needle to pry them up a bit. They basically lock in the two legs you see on the peanut bulb that I'm holding.

In this case, you may have to jimmy-rig the shit. You'll be able to find the small peanut bulbs, but I never found one with loose ends like this one. either that or go to a junkyard and pull one, which is what I did.

[ae92boy]

Originally Posted by SCT

ah ok. I just took the one out my car. I never changed the bulb by itself, did the whole socket I got from the junkyard. Yea, the bulb is solder in there. I'll post up a pic in a few seconds. I just pulled my out my car to see. I was able to remove the bulb.

thanks. you were able to pull out the bulb or weren't????

[SCT]

Yea, if you haven't seen the pic yet, I editted my previous post

[ae92boy]

Originally Posted by SCT

Yea, if you haven't seen the pic yet, I editted my previous post

yeah i saw it but i kinda broke the bulb off lol. is there a bulb number to replace it???

[90 GP]

Would this work as a replacement? You might need some heat shrink tubing on the leads if the bulb fits down inside the plastic mount to keep leads separated to prevent shorting out.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103780

[ae92boy]

Originally Posted by 90 GP

Would this work as a replacement? You might need some heat shrink tubing on the leads if the bulb fits down inside the plastic mount to keep leads separated to prevent shorting out.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103780

nice find. i'm going try it and just solder it on. thanks

[World of Noise]

I filed down a LED and soldered it in there!

[SCT]

Not bad

[ae92boy]

Originally Posted by world of noise

i filed down a led and soldered it in there!

+1