$0.08 apiece in onesies:

http://mouser.com/ProductDetail/Xicon/140-XRL16V22-RC/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMsCnlYck6hSqDveE8zOBf%252boU7EvQadNrW0%3d

16 volts should work fine in an automobile. Tantalum not needed, general
purpose aluminum electrolytic is quite acceptable.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR

On 9/28/2009 2:38 PM Jim Felder wrote:

> I recently asked in a post about curing the blinking light syndrome
> which was the proper capacitor, and someone--sorry, don't remember,
> maybe David B.--said it was a tantalum 22uF 16v or better.
>
> Mine is acting up again, after swapping it out this spring, and
> thoroughly enjoying not seeing it blink. Mine is an 83, if that
> matters.
>
> I have located a supply of 100 each of
>
> 22 uF @ 35
>
> 22 uF @ 35
>
> They are a dollar and a half each. I will be glad to go get as many of
> them as anyone wants, and mail them for free if I can just put them in
> an envelope. Someone just needs to confirm that either of them will
> work.
>
> And who was it who volunteered to solder it in? I don't expect it for
> free, but I know I would screw that part up. always do.
>
> Jim
>