Radio display light bulbs

[Ross]

Has anyone here replaced the bulbs in their radio? Both of them in a spare radio I have are burned out. There is no marking at all on them.
Safe to assume 12v? Wattage?

[Macv]

12v? Yes... size of bulb? You got me.

[Ross]

Ross, search "radio bulbs" you dipshit!
Found it, two conflicting Radio Shack part #s, I'll post which works.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Ross, search "radio bulbs" you dipshit!
Found it, two conflicting Radio Shack part #s, I'll post which works.

Part # 272-1092

#7219 pack of 2 12v 60mA

[JMI]

I followed this light replacement (http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejsnord/radio.htm) on my 1989 535i radio a few months back (have since installed a CD43, a very worth while upgrade) and it works great. For the soldering you will need excellent eyesight or as in my case I used a magnifying headset (http://www.apogeekits.com/magnifying_glasses.htm) to complete the job. If you know how to solder and take your time this is a "doable" job. Otherwise you could make a mess of it.

Good luck

Jim

[Ross]

I bought these lamps and they are about half the size of the originals and mine only has two (Alpine radio I believe) bulbs.
As far as the soldering goes I'll definately do it before my usual pot of morning coffee.

[Jeff N.]

Nifty.


I followed this light replacement (http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejsnord/radio.htm) on my 1989 535i radio a few months back (have since installed a CD43, a very worth while upgrade) and it works great. For the soldering you will need excellent eyesight or as in my case I used a magnifying headset (http://www.apogeekits.com/magnifying_glasses.htm) to complete the job. If you know how to solder and take your time this is a "doable" job. Otherwise you could make a mess of it.

Good luck

Jim

[Ross]

These bulbs although smaller work fine on the Alpine radio with two bulbs.

[ahlem]

That looks pretty straightforward. Now I just need to get the Bentley Manual or see if my Haines or my e-30 M3 manuals have removal instructions. Thanks for the support.