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Luke and Mark,
As Paul and Kenyon already made clear, the 61 uses
electrolumiscent bars of metal to illuminate the pushbuttons!
The 60 however has conventional bulbs, I have
searched a while too for the bulb in the gear select unit. I you grab your
flashligt, and have the chrome retainer at the front of the gear buttons removed
you have to shine a light between those buttons :)
In the middle of the array, I think between the D
and 2 pushbutton if memory servers me right, you will find a tiny
bulb.
It is impossible to get it out with your fingers,
there is simply no room!
But here is a little trick, get a piece of rubber
gasoline hose, 6 inches will do.
Press it firmly over the glass head of the bulb,
then twist the hose counterclockwise (or clockwise, cant remember right now) and
pull the bulb out!
The new bulb gets in the same way, after succesfull
completion of the job treat yourself to a nice glass of bear!
Cheers,
Rob
1960 Imperial Crown 4 dr. HT
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:29
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Push button light
source
Mark, I'm just wiring up the same thing on my 60. The heater
button unit is not electroluminescent. It's a regular 12v bulb. I
can send you a pic off list. But the weird thing is I have the same question
about the gear select unit. My unit has never had a bulb or any sign of a
mount for a bulb. MInes all apart at the moment sans gauges so I'll
send you some pics and maybe we can both have our problems solved. Maybe do a
bulk buy from Lowell or something?
Luke
1960 Le Baron in NZ
On 28/02/2008, at 7:13 PM, Mark Battesby wrote:
Thank you but for some unknown reason nobody is
hearing what I am saying. I am fully aware of what makes my lights work . I
have had to replace the electroluminescent unit already a few years back . I
know the color of the wire and I know what to look for to plug it in. What
Im telling everyone is where. I dont see anything on the entire heater push
button unit that the electroluminescent white wire pluggs into. So
please tell me how is yours wired where does it plugg in the top the bottom
the side where ? that what I need to know
Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Service
manual indicates that the lighting is
electroluminescent by way of the
lower case "b" on the
page below. Such an arrangement would require
that
the wire you see plug into something. You can gently
undo the
ignition key bezel and remove the faceplate
that's in there and wired
for reference.
Don't break that one too - you have been
warned.
http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1963/FSM/Group08/Page07.htm
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Mark Battesby wrote:
> I examined the push
button device up and down top to
> bottom. There is not a spot that
the white wire
> would plug in like it does at all the other areas
on
> the dash. Is it not obvious . The wires are dangling
>
there but nowhere to plug into anything i just don't
> get it. does
it just need to make a connection to
> any part of metal to send
current into the clear
> like buttons
>
> PAUL WENTINK
wrote: 1960 was
> the final year for the push
buttons being lit by a
> light bulb.
>
> Beginning in
1961 and through 1963, both banks of
> buttons are lit by
>
the large electroluminescent panel mounted along
> side of the
buttons.
> It is within the cavity in the dash containing
the
> buttons. The clear
> button "arms" transmit the light
to the letters, as
> it does in the
> earlier models where
the light bulb is used.
>
> This method was used in addition
to the felt padding
> to eliminate the
> chance of a
distracting outline of light showing
> around the buttons
>
that would brighter than the lighting through the
> faces.
>
> Paul W.
>
>
> -----Original
Message-----
> From: Mark Battesby
> To:
mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:23
am
> Subject: Re: IML: Push button light source
>
>
> really there is a round hole in the plale below the
>
buttons what type
> of bulb and which wire do i jump to
>
> Kenyon Wills wrote:
>
> --- Mark Battesby
wrote:
>
> For the life of
> > me I just don't see
how a light source attaches to
> > those clear push
buttons
>
>
> ????
>
> The light source
is a lightbulb behind the buttons
> and
> it is not attached.
The clear lucite in the buttons
> is transmissive, sorta like fiber
optic cable (but
> not) where shining a light on one side allows
the
> light to pass through and be visible on the other
>
side.
>
> -Kenyon
>
>
>
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