Date: 7 Dec 2006 13:15:04 -0800 From: "Ice Saab" <viking.tigenospaml.com> Subject: Re: Green Light for Go!
Cheers mate, I already knew about the speaker/grill situation, I just wasn't sure if you could access the overhead bulbs from there. I changed it no worries and am now painfully aware of how late I am getting to work each day. It can be tough to gauge the time when you live in Iceland in the winter. A big thanks also to Bj=F6rn Envall for making it so simple. I remember it was a nightmare changing the globes on my old Ford Falcon's dash. Craig's Saab C900 Site wrote: > "Ice Saab" <viking.tigenospaml.com> writes: > > >I have a fairly straight forward question for those of you in the know, > >what is the technique of least grief for changing the overhead > >dashlights (the two green ones that illuminate the instrument panel > >face, not the ones behind) on a 1990 900i? Only the left one is out so > >consequently the only inconvenience to me is that I can't see the clock > >at 7am in the morning when I'm late for work, again. I suspect this > >will involve removing large sections of the dash and I have yet to get > >my hand on a Bentley's..... > > All you need to do is remove the speaker/grille from the relevent side (l= eft > for LHD countries, right for RHD countries) and you can access both of the > twist-in lamp holders through the hole in the top of the dash where the > speaker and vent grill normally sits. Can take a little bit of trial and > error since you don't have direct view of the holders, but look down thro= ugh > the windscreen at the back of the instrument cluster and the two lamphold= ers > you need to get at are the two large ones at the top of the rear of the > instrument cluster. > > Good luck. > > Craig. > -- > Craig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .= au > http://nospam/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL= 's > Email: c900nospam.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-= Wide! > Alternate: saabonautnospaml.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, e= tc.
