As part of my 1999 s70 dashboard repair (write up coming soon) I decided to replace all the bulbs in my instrument panel.
This includes the 20 warning/idiot lights labeled B1-B20 in the lower left and right on the back of the instrument panel. These nasty things:
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I can get the old bulbs out fine When I put the new bulbs in, I encounter the following problems.
1) If I don't seat them deep (as in I push them in as tight as I can) they will just pop out once I put them in.
2) if I push them into the sockets tightly, then the sockets are near impossible to get in to the holes because the bulbs have expanded the socket jaws so much.
3) when I get the sockets in, twisting the socket closed sometimes launches the bulb out of the socket.
I am expecting that the first bump I hit once I drive the car again will launch 1/2 the bulbs out of the socket so they will be rattling around in my instrument panel.
bulb type #74 is the correct one right? I can't tell any difference between what I took out and what I put in . Well that's not true. On the new ones the number 74 is printed on the bulb itself. On the old ones there are no markings. But without measuring, they look the same. They must be slightly wider though just based on how tight the new ones feel.
Has anyone had issues with any particular brands of bulbs in these blue instrument panel sockets?
thanks
Andy
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