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MG TD TF 1500 - Improved Instrument Panel lighting

Late life brings weak eyesight.

Has anyone increased the lighting if the instrument panel? I'm not yet ready to switch to LED, as I plan to switch to - grnd later this year.

But in the meantime, are stronger instrument bulbs available to replace the originals?

GordClark
Rockburn, Qué.
Gord Clark

LED's will be they way to go to get more light. You might be able to put in a slightly higher watt bulb but keep in mind it will increase the radiant heat. Probably not a big deal with the gauges but may cause the warning lights to melt if used there. Just replacing very old bulbs with like new ones should give some improvement as incandecent bulbs will dim with age. As a side note,,, the LED tail light bulbs I bought for my car a few months back will work with either polarity and they are a HUGE improvement over the stock bulbs.
I posted this photo not so much to show you the tail lights but to show the single led bulb in the license plate in day light. It is the same sized bulb you could use in the dash so you can see it puts out a ton of light. I replaced all of the lights in the TR8 with LEDs as in typical Lucas fashion they were either dim or off.






L E D LaVerne

I got mine from Classic Car LEDs in UK, replaced all except the generator warning light, high beam I went with blue.

I don’t actually drive at night, but this was an “in case of” moment.

While I had the gearbox out I made a platform allowing me to lay under the dash and check/tighten all connections and test everything.

LEDs will not melt anything.

Peter
P G Gilvarry

Speaking of dash lights, I installed LEDs in my dash, and for the first time since owning the car, I can read the instruments after dark! Forgot where I got them, but they replaced the original bulbs with no modifications. LEDs are great, they are much brighter and use hardly any power. PJ
PJ Jennings

Be careful using higher wattage bulbs as they will melt the green filters on the gauge lights. I used short LEDs for the gauges. The ones that moss sell don’t fit well with the stock T series bulb clips on the sun harnesses
W A Chasser

And while you're at it, the exterior lighting is equally important in these days of inattentive drivers. Brittrix manufactures LED light boards for over 350 different classic British vehicles from 1928 onward. Each is designed to specifically fit and firmly mount in each lamp housing, no glue required.
www.brittrix.com
Lew Palmer

I used these, and they work very well
Better than ever!






J Stone

Hey J. Stone,

Found these on Amazon. $11 for 10 bulbs sounds good to me.

Have you had any issues with using them in positive ground?

Gord Clark
Rockburn, Qué.
Gord Clark

I got my LED lights from http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com/dash-board-panel-lamp-bulbs-shop.php

My TF is positive ground and no issues.

Converted everything in this picture less the map lights and the red generator warning light. For the high beam indicator light I used a white bulb and sanded the bulb to rough it up to apply some red paint.

Frank
TF1414





Frank Cronin

My car is negative ground...
(In reading the poop sheet at the amazon page they will not work with positve ground...)




J Stone

Beautiful, wonder what the thread is of the medallion on the right, I have one, came without hardware.

Peter
P G Gilvarry

Hi Peter

Do you mean the small octagon MG on the dash on the passenger side? The original ones had twin tabs to bend to hold it in place. I am unsure about the repro's available today.

Frank
TF1414
Frank Cronin

I have one of each, the tabs makes me think of @nother rattle.
P G Gilvarry

There still seems to be no definitive answer. The bulbs from the UK are expensive compared to Amazon.

So, I going to try the Amazon bulbs 10 for $11. I'll report.

Gord Clark
Rockburn, Qué.
Gord Clark

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