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Old 11-01-2024, 01:35 PM   #1
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i have the stock dash light but can not find a bulb. the socket takes a single contact w/offset pins bulb.
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Old 11-01-2024, 10:46 PM   #2
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i have the stock dash light but can not find a bulb. the socket takes a single contact w/offset pins bulb.
You can use a bulb with equidistant (non-offset) pins, just file one pin off.
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Old 11-02-2024, 08:23 AM   #3
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i have the stock dash light but can not find a bulb. the socket takes a single contact w/offset pins bulb.
The indexed bayonet base is used only for double contact bulbs. Maybe somebody replaced the socket and swapped the contact disc too.

I would use the stock bulb and file off one pin, as others have suggested.
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