Mystery Spare Bulb

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:37 pm

Ok.. I'm going round the bleedin twist here...

Found in the glovebox of my newly-aquired Turbo...

A bulb... Pretty small.. in a black plastic holder.. looks like it's
for something in the dashboard...

It's still in it's plastic Volvo bag.. with part number 3342604

I need to know what it's for... help... it's making me mental...!

Cheers!
Cerbie

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:47 pm

Thats a spare info-centre bulb you got there. About Â£12 from Volvo...

Macaroon · Post by **Macaroon** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:48 am

cerberus wrote:Found in the glovebox of my newly-aquired Turbo...

A bulb... Pretty small.. in a black plastic holder.. looks like it's
for something in the dashboard...

Bizarre! I found a handfull of those in one of the cubby holes when I bought Tonee. Do people collect them for a rainy day?

Dan the 480 Man wrote:Thats a spare info-centre bulb you got there. About Â£12 from Volvo...

Â£12

- it's just a little lamp in a bit of plastic!

It also fits the standard Volvo clock. But you fancy digital upgrade folk wouldn't know about that.

When I redid my dash bulbs a while ago (not the main instument console) I needed just one of those for the clock and the rest were those "naked" 1.2W bulbs (i.e. the same without the plastic surround). You can get them anywhere for 75p but GSF sell them for 35p plus VAT.

Money Saving tip!

You can gently extract the blown lamp from a Â£12 volvo plastic unit if you first break the tiny soldered contacts at the bottom. Then take a 1.2W lilliput bulb (41p from GSF), bend the contacts out slightly and slide it into the plastic holder, instantly saving yourself Â£11.59

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:51 pm

might be confusing the bulbs there boys.....

the IC bulb is a halogen one.....the little ones monsieur macaroon is refering to are the 'everything else' bulbs.

also as a tip top saver tip - use christmas light bulbs....as long as theyre the same wattage etc...they work....can have diff colours....and make you feel all seasonal!
lol
rob

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:35 pm

If it is an info centre bulb I'm going to do my happy dance all day long...

Looks like this...

The ES needs an info centre bulb... So if the Turbo came with a 'free'
one then that's 12 quid saved!!

(So I can deduct Â£12 from the total price of both cars... bringing it
down to Â£198 for the pair... woooooo!)

Xmas lights bulbs...??? and I thought I was a wrongun!

Cheers
Cerbie

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:28 pm

yup....looks like an info centre bulb to me.

bargain

rgrds
rob

Macaroon · Post by **Macaroon** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:22 pm

robkendall wrote:the IC bulb is a halogen one.....the little ones monsieur macaroon is refering to are the 'everything else' bulbs.

also as a tip top saver tip - use christmas light bulbs....as long as theyre the same wattage etc...they work....can have diff colours....and make you feel all seasonal!

Ah, that makes sense. Â£12 seemed a lot for a little bulb - even for Volvo - but I like the idea of the X-mas tree lights, Rob.

You could even make the dashboard lights twinkle on and off. Oh wait, lots of people's electrics do that anyway!

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:10 pm

Cerberus wrote:
(So I can deduct Â£12 from the total price of both cars... bringing it
down to Â£198 for the pair... woooooo!)

Xmas lights bulbs...??? and I thought I was a wrongun!

Cheers
Cerbie

You've got to look under the seats and under the carpets, I found Â£1.50 and a packet of victory V's in the 740, and in fathers 940 we found almost Â£3 just down the back of the seats

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:29 am

LOL!

we should start a thread 'what did you find in your new 480'! ?

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:12 am

Mine came with a pair of VERY retro glasses and a rather heavy lighter. Both were hiding in the flap of material that covers the gubbins of the front seat when you tip it forward.
No money or sweets though.

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:52 am

I've probably posted about this but I found a cheapo digital wrist watch and almost new Leatherman Micra.

edit: altough I found them three years after I bought the car.

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:15 pm

I've still got a squeegee and a glasses case I found in my red 480 four years ago.

And a Dire Straits tape I found in my first engine donor

Macaroon · Post by **Macaroon** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:50 pm

Thunderbird 4 - under the back seats in Sheba.

Now lives in my kitchen.

kennymac · Post by **kennymac** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:42 am

About Â£25 and a lot of gunge - halved the cost of the car!

clubman_dan · Post by **clubman_dan** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:48 am

just a load of fag ends and chewing gum in mine! but in an old car i found a set of really 80's style tortoise shelll glasses and a michael bolton greatest hits tape!

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:52 am

Found nowt in my 480, but found 2 pairs of glasses and two different passport photo's (both of old women) when i swapped the interior over. The glasses found obviously explained the bumper scuffs on each corner too

hornmark · Post by **hornmark** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:57 pm

I know what it is because I want to buy one.
Hornmark

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