Not necessarily a must have, that combo. I keep about four new ones on hand
all the time BUT one time on the night before a trip from Alabama to New
York in a Vanagon, that bulb went out. I went to my FLAPS and bought the
bulb and installed it in the holder after removing the old one. I remember
it took patience and a desk magnifying glass, but it worked. Best to get
the combo if you can. Common to enough models that you could pick up at a
dealership if you happen to be passing one before nightfall.

Jim

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:32 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> And you need to get the bulb/socket combo from one of our vendors.  NAPA
> can order them too.
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1430770320999/page_618_365/dash-light-bulb.html
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Dan N
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 10:11 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Speedometer light bulb
>
> grab the square end and turn it.. it will come out
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=428626&view=next
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Good morning,
> > Trying to get ready for our trip to Labrador  and noticed the
> > speedometer bulb on our 1988 GL Westy is apparently burnt out. I tried
> > to remove the bulb but no luck. Concerned about damaging the foil.
> > Checked my Bentley no luck there. Is there a trick on removing the bulb?
> >
> > Laters,
> >
> > Dennis Jowell
> > Scotch Hollow Farm
> > Newbury, Vermont
> >
>