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Pat/Ohio · 12-02-2022, 10:05 AM

Shoebox, I know the '50 had the (glass) diffusers. Not certain about the '51. My '50 still has the diffusers and light will hardly penetrate them. It is still 6 volts. Did your dash lights work? Could you see the cluster at night? I know of some folks that used a small punch to break the glass diffusers while they were still in the cluster. The glass would fall to the bottom of the cluster out of the way. I believe there are four diffusers and they broke 2 of them. If you still have the diffusers, I would remove them while you have the dash out. I just purchased a '51 Victoria (12 volts) and haven't had time to check behind the dash yet. The dash cluster on it is bright at night.

Stay Safe,
Pat

12-02-2022, 10:05 AM	#2
Pat/Ohio Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wilmington, OH/Lakeland, FL Posts: 995	Re: '51 Shoebox Instrument Cluster Shoebox, I know the '50 had the (glass) diffusers. Not certain about the '51. My '50 still has the diffusers and light will hardly penetrate them. It is still 6 volts. Did your dash lights work? Could you see the cluster at night? I know of some folks that used a small punch to break the glass diffusers while they were still in the cluster. The glass would fall to the bottom of the cluster out of the way. I believe there are four diffusers and they broke 2 of them. If you still have the diffusers, I would remove them while you have the dash out. I just purchased a '51 Victoria (12 volts) and haven't had time to check behind the dash yet. The dash cluster on it is bright at night. Stay Safe, Pat