Courtesy/Map Light Lamp Number

[Classics Fan]

1968 LeMans has a courtesy / map light mounted under the dash above the radio. For the life of me I can’t find the lamp bulb that fits. No reference I can find in the service manual, web search isn’t helping, and no luck at O’Reilly’s. I found the entire assembly online at The Parts Place but not just the bulb (which looks different in their illustration anyway). A picture of the bulb I removed is attached. The number on it is faded to illegibility but if I was to guess it looks like O (or maybe D) 92 but those don’t bring up anything relevant in a web search. Can anyone identify it? Thanks!

 

[melsg5]

You are positive a 211-2 or 211-1 bulb will not fit the lamp?

https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-211-2-Miniature-Contains-Bulbs/dp/B00318NSAC

Replacement Bulb for Product: 211-1, Incandescent Miniature Lamp

Replacement Bulb for Product BW.211-1, 211-1, Miniature Lamp, Incandescent: Clear

www.bulbworks.com

 

[Classics Fan]

Definitely not 211-2. I have one and that lamp fits the dome light but not courtesy. The ends are too big for the courtesy, and the 211-1 looks the same.

 

[melsg5]

Try emailing them the picture

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[Classics Fan]

Good idea. Thanks for the thought.

 

[Classics Fan]

So to close this thread out, here’s what I found. I talked to Dennis at bulbworks.com and he ID’d the bulb as a 551. This bulb was discontinued from manufacture about 30 years ago. That explains why the replacement lamp assembly at The Parts Place uses a 211-2. Fortunately for me bulbworks had 8 old bulbs in stock. I ordered 2. Thanks again for coming through again melsg5!

 

[melsg5]

Wow, that was a real buried treasure hunt, glad you found it.