Indicator lights - how to mount?

[PaulRSchmidt]

I’ve got these turn/hi beam indicator lights, but there’s no obvious way to mount them in the dash. I might have missed it, but I didn’t see anything in the wiring manual. Anyone have pointers?

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[JeffP]

If you have the vintage gps guages, skip them and use the ones in the speedometer.

[PaulRSchmidt]

If you have the vintage gps guages, skip them and use the ones in the speedometer.

Autometers.

[phileas_fogg]

They are a pressure fit into a hole you drill into the dash. On my car, the green indicators were slightly smaller in diameter than the blue indicator. Measure EACH indicator, and drill holes in test material to get the sizing right for each light. Otherwise, you'll end up with a couple of indicators that wobble in your dash. AMHIK.


John

[PaulRSchmidt]

Ah, press fit. Ew.

Thanks.

[boat737]

I found that those supplied lights were next to useless in the sunlight. I switched to LED's, which are much brighter. I had to make an adaptor to fit the smaller LED into the existing bigger hole in the dash. They also need a resistor to handle the 12 volts. (sorry, I can't remember the stats for the LED's or resistors, but a local electronic/electric/ham radio shop should get you going.)

[phileas_fogg]

If you zoom in on Boat's #8 picture, you can read the value of the resistor indicated by the bands. The decoder is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_color_code.


John

[PaulRSchmidt]

Found these:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097SD582J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1