what I do sometimes is install a small red LED above the shifter area ..
kinda tucked in and out of sight ..
That lights the whole area in red light ...kinda exotic at night. I like
to be able to see around the cockpit at night some.

On 11/7/2012 12:18 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 02:44 PM 11/7/2012, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>> The Vanagon dash/shifter lights are oddballs.  They are not just
>> bulbs, but
>> come attached to their plastic sockets.  The shifter lights have
>> different
>> sockets than the dash lights.  I was able to get the dash lights from
>> NAPA,
>> but not the shifter lights.  I suppose I could just find a 12v LED
>> and try
>> to solder it in the socket somehow.  Or, I could just spend the $$$
>> and put
>> my time into something else.
>
> There are two bulbs connected in series, so they really should last a
> long time.  Was me I'd just replace them and forget about it.
>
> Yours,
> David
>