The bulbs are a twist-to-lock type and come in a little black plastic
holder. I used a small pair of parallel jaw pliers to grip the older
with then gave a twist to to the left as I remember, to unlock it and
remove.

Good luck.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Geoff Wilke wrote:
>
> I have a burned out bulb in the instrument panel (speedometer,) and so that
> I can stay under 100mph easily, I feel a need to replace it. I can get the
> cover off and I can slide that holder out but I'm a little nervous about
> what to remove to get at that little bulb that's behind the printed circuit
> strip. Do I twist the black holder out, pull it out straight, or pull the
> bulb out from the front, or what? Thanks in advance.
>
> Geoff
> Seattle
> '85 vanagon
> '74 Thing
> '58 BMW R50