I bit the bullit today and made a trip to my local VW dealer to buy the
heater control panel lights. The light bulb appears to be the same as the
dash pod lights over the tach/speedo/clock except they come in different
bases. The lights were in stock but he didn't have the bases(sockets) for
them. The bulbs were $1.95 ea and the bases were $3.50 ea. The bases for the
dash pod lights are shorter and make electrical contact when inserted and
rotated. The heater panel light sockets have a slide on connector.

The bulbs are made by "Osram" and are marked "12V 1.2W  2721 W2x4, 6d"
The dea;ler part number appears to be "N 0177512"

As far as I can see you need to replace both the bulb and base. The old
lights were apparently sold as an assembly (bulb mounted in base) and the
bulb wires were spot welded into the bases. The new bulbs have leads that
are not solderable. I assume they slide into the base and make contact that
way.

Gary

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From: John Hurley
This was brought up the other day and i never saw anyone reply with where i
can find one of these. My 85 westy has lost the light over the speedo. I
took it out and it looks like a one piece light and housing. Is this
available at my FLAPS or does it need to be ordered from a List vendor or
(please no!!) the dreaded local VW dealership.

Thanks in advance everyone.

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