To be honest I've had good luck at my dealer with bulbs.  I've bought
instrument cluster bulbs for about $1.50 and bulbs for the dash heater panel
for a little less I think.  Haven't had to replace the shifter light yet.
Bulbs are the only reasonably priced thing that they sell as far as I can
tell.  When the prices of maintaining my Vanagon get me down, I just think
about how much worse it would be if I still had my Volvo.

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: Replacement bulbs needed...#'s & sources...anyone?

> In a message dated 5/31/05 11:37:25 PM, kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> << Anybody know what bulbs I need and a source for them? >>
>
> Firstly, I'll tell you NOT the source for them -- the dealer.
>
> Secondly, a little anecdote: I needed some dash lamps for a Volvo and
since
> my brilliant and beautiful daughter was going to be passing the
dealership, I
> asked her to pick up a couple for me.  In fact, I asked her to get four so
that
> I would have some spares.  I forgot to mention to her to tell the parts
guy
> (my list-minus-thirty-points buddy) who they were for.  I thought, what
the
> hell, the lamps will end up costing me a couple of bucks more.  When she
> returned, she handed me the lamps and the invoice and then screamed for
her mother to
> call 911 while she administered CPR to me.  The invoice was for $36!!!
>
> Thirdly, go to almost any old school parts house with lamp in hand and
tell
> the counter man the application, then wait patiently while he dabs his
thumb
> and forefinger into some Tacky Finger and thumbs his way through that rack
of
> catalogues in front of him.  He will have them for about a buck fifty a
pop.
>
> George
>
>