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thats all good for the bulb but what about the cover on the bulb, dont know about yall but mine had a green one on it and i tried to take it off and it desentigrated, anyone know where to get another??
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Originally posted by BrittB:
Somebody could make a few bucks by offering a bulb changing service for these clocks. Send in your old clock plus a few bucks and get your clock back in a week with a new bulb. Any takers?
Why?
The bulb is only $4.00 or $5.00 from a dealership complete with the bulb holder. Remove the clock from the dash (super easy unless you have a Mystique, and even then not very hard). Remove the bulb and bulb holder by twisting 1/4 turn with a small screwdriver. Transfer over the green sleeve from the old bulb (if equipped). Twist in the new bulb and reinstall the clock.
Even if you are slow it should not take more than 5 minutes.
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Originally posted by gearhead98:
thats all good for the bulb but what about the cover on the bulb, dont know about yall but mine had a green one on it and i tried to take it off and it desentigrated, anyone know where to get another??
This has been posted many times before.
www.partsexpress.com
They come in a package of 10 for less than $2.00 for the package.
Edit:
I just tried to find the bulb covers at Parts Express and could not find them. As far as I can remember, the part number may have been 070 082. Perhaps you can check with them to see if they are still available.
Also perhaps someone from our Forums that purchased the minimum of 10 may have some left over and is willing to share.
2nd edit:
Don't forget the "-" with the part number. 070-082. That is why I couldn't find it a moment ago. Thanks to gearhead98 for finding the part number.
Last edited by Big Jim; 02/02/04 02:54 AM.
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thanx Big Jim your the man btw 
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Yep, that was about what I spent too. FORD - For Only Really Desperate People!
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for anybody who wants the green sleeves like me, you can find as Big Jim said at www.partsexpress.com and the part number for them is 070-082 and they are $1.70 for 1 of them
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i soldered the bulb onto the contacts and it stayed just fine. hasnt had a single problem w/ it so far. been maybe 4-5 months
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Originally posted by dbird:
the dealer wanted about $5 for a new bulb.. it comes on the small plastic piece that holds it into the back of the clock.. i took a generic bulb from auto zone and bend the wires on the back of the bulb and shoved it into the metal clip on the back of the plastic holder.. it lasted for about a month.. i then tried to solder it to the metal thats pressed into the plastic part.. the metal is not steel but alum.. so the solder would not hold on it.... got disgusted and just spendt the $5 and that was 6 months ago and no problem.......
If it's same as the third brake light bulb holders, you should be able to work the old bulb out somehow (my mom did mine) and then put the new one in easily, bulb for third brake light and presumably this is number 74 at parts store.
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I think the bulb is crimped into it's socket?
You can get twist-in instrument cluster bulb sockets which might fit in the clock. They're usually either in the HELP! rack or by the rest of the bulb sockets.
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Well my clock light is burned out so I really should look at it, but I've heard it's exactly the same as the third brake lights and if so,, then it can (with some work) be removed and replaced with bulb number 74. Hey and if anyone uses that bulb number, you can thank our old friend CBM as he's actually the one that told me the number when I needed it for the third brake light.
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