I assume my Sprint should have one as it has a switch but no wire to it but I can't see a light. There is a hole at the top left but the support arm goes in to this. Is that normal, seems like a bodge and an afterthought once BL realised the arm would hit the roof of the glovebox.
Where should the light be and how should it be wired with the switch ?
Glovebox light.
Glovebox light.
Mike
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Re: Glovebox light.
Yes another BL cockup...
Never had a light in any of mine. A few have the switch....
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Re: Glovebox light.
Even my 73 Toledo has a switch - no light though!
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Re: Glovebox light.
Mike
I have added a light to my glove box, positive feed from the time clock and earthed via the switch. I have used the existing rectangular hole to house the light unit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Vetr ... SwHjNWA8Nk and my glove box fascia support arm does not foul the lens - its the plastic one not the metal one.
Paul
I have added a light to my glove box, positive feed from the time clock and earthed via the switch. I have used the existing rectangular hole to house the light unit http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Vetr ... SwHjNWA8Nk and my glove box fascia support arm does not foul the lens - its the plastic one not the metal one.
Paul
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Re: Glovebox light.
Paul, have you considered using an LED bulb. You can get them in warm white so you can get all the advantages of LED with the original look.
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Re: Glovebox light.
And I always thought my car was missing the light, looks to be a common omission.
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Re: Glovebox light.
As far as I can make out the switch was not fitted to switch a light, although there seems to be a position to fit one, but merely to act as a spring to open the glove box. It is, I suspect, a cheap and effective spring mechanism used by other car manufacturers to do the same function.
Re: Glovebox light.
Mine has a switch, but no light or evidence that there ever was one. British engineering at its best, along with the strengthener running under the speaker holes in the rear parcel shelf ...
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Re: Glovebox light.
I've had dozens of Sprints pass through my hands and none of them have had a light, just the switch. Except my Track Sprint but that is an after market jobby.
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Re: Glovebox light.
According to Ted, the light is not listed in any Dolly or Tolly parts catalogue, though he did manage to locate one that is a direct fit for the hole. From memory it was from an Ital
