1950 FordCustom

[gary635g]

Need help finding brighter dash light bulbs 55's are not bright enough for the old black light system which I want to use.Thanks, Gary

[flatford8]

Have you checked your bulbs to see if they are dirty or covered with dust, I had to remove mine and clean them and it made it brighter.
it might be called "Back Light". It looks kinda cool at night. No glare from it either.....Mark

[toby]

Removing the "black lite lenses" from the cluster is the only way to get to see your speedo and gauges really good. Some remove all lenses and paint the bulbs green or you could only remove a couple to get at least some light to the cluster like I did.

[gary635g]

ThanksI appreciate your input. Gary

[49 Spinner]

Check out the tech tips on shoebox central, There is a YouTube clip of Chris showing you how.


http://shoebox-central.com/View/Foru...20Tips/27.aspx

[Cecil/WV]

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I removed the blacklite lenses and put green covers on the bulbs and they are bright.

[donald1950]

where did you get the green covers????

i had the light switch out and bypassed the reostat and that helped a little, but not much

[gary635g]

Have found at bulbtown.com a 6251 bulb like the 55 that is 5 watts to replace the 55 which is 3 watt when they arrive I will see how well they work. No reostat on 49 and 50.

[donald1950]

there is a reostat on my 50. had a spare light switch and found the reostst was open in the windings and the one in the car was so bad it was useless, thats why i bypassed it.

gary, let us know if that bulb works.....

[Cecil/WV]

Before I retired, the motor coaches that I drove and maintained had covers on all the instrument and warning lights of different colors and thats where I got them.

[gary635g]

6251's helped a bunch. 49 and 50's did not have dashlight reostats unless someone put in a different light switch. Gary