Help with ash tray light
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Help with ash tray light
Now that my front suspension is finished up, I am trying to button up the dash. While pokeing around under the dash I ran into, what looked like a dangeling wire. Following it, I found it went to the back of the ash tray. When I looked at the front of the ash tray, I found that this thick wire just stuck through a hole into the ash tray area and stopped. I wondered if this had something to do with the missing ash tray light and then I realized; This is fiber optics. I put my LED flashlight up to the loose end and sure enough the end in the ash tray lit up! So all I need to know is where is the loose end supposed to go to feed light to the ash tray?
I am also finishing putting all LED bulbs in my dash. I have got to tell you this is so much better to see the gauges with in the dark!
I am also finishing putting all LED bulbs in my dash. I have got to tell you this is so much better to see the gauges with in the dark!
bitterfitter- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
That loose end of the fiber optic should have a clip on it that holds it to a bulb socket. That bulb socket is inserted into the back of the instrument cluster...at the furthest opening on the right side. In my case, between the clock and Volt gauge.
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Mcarlo77- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
Thanks for the input. I will have to look behind the dash for where this is supposed to be connected to. Does this get its light from a dedicated bulb? or does this bulb also light up another area of the dash? (like the clock and volt gauge)
bitterfitter- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
No dedicated bulb. Just utilizes an existing bulb/socket. However, what I didn't notice until now is that, upon closer inspection, the back end of the socket is molded slightly different in order to retain the fiber optic retaining clip.
Mcarlo77- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
I will look for that. It might make it easier to find.
bitterfitter- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
So I was out in the garage and decided to look into this. The bulb socket behind my amp/clock was a normal one. Figures it got rearranged or changed years ago. I went to my bins of small parts, where I keep all these sockets. After pulling them out and looking at them, I noticed a white one among all the black ones. It was the one I needed. It had the metal holder and the hole for the fiber optics. I changed it out and now everything is good again. Thanks for all the help!!
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bitterfitter- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
Don't you wish everything went this easy?!!
Mcarlo77- Donating Member
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Re: Help with ash tray light
If everything went this easy; I would have finished this car years ago...
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