geobloke wrote:

LEDs look good and bright on the dash. I obviously bought the wrong ones somehow. They were a good 3-4mm longer than the original glass ones that came out. So quite some alterations were required to fit the speedo bulbs and the VDO Rev gauge bulb. The VDO gauges bulb goes through the PCB board in the gauge. The hole has a smaller diameter than the LR gauges, and the LED bulbs have a wide plastic collar encompassing the the bulb.

The speedo required a smaller bulb and these LED bulbs impacted on the plastic internals of the gauge. Had to slim the bulbs down by 5-6mm, which turns out to be quite easy to do. I will look to replace the speedo bulbs with non-modified versions ASAP.

I fell for the old age issue of believing what an eBay seller had written in their advert... Obviously not a straight swap for the standard 286 bulb... learning curve

What can I say... I have been bitten... LED bulbs lasted a week before they started dying. So have bought a pack of 10 standard 286 bulbs that I hope will be quality items as they are made by Osram. Love that they came in a box and no plastic packaging

Replacing the bulbs again tomorrow...


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geobloke wrote:

geobloke wrote:

LEDs look good and bright on the dash. I obviously bought the wrong ones somehow. They were a good 3-4mm longer than the original glass ones that came out. So quite some alterations were required to fit the speedo bulbs and the VDO Rev gauge bulb. The VDO gauges bulb goes through the PCB board in the gauge. The hole has a smaller diameter than the LR gauges, and the LED bulbs have a wide plastic collar encompassing the the bulb.

The speedo required a smaller bulb and these LED bulbs impacted on the plastic internals of the gauge. Had to slim the bulbs down by 5-6mm, which turns out to be quite easy to do. I will look to replace the speedo bulbs with non-modified versions ASAP.

I fell for the old age issue of believing what an eBay seller had written in their advert... Obviously not a straight swap for the standard 286 bulb... learning curve

What can I say... I have been bitten... LED bulbs lasted a week before they started dying. So have bought a pack of 10 standard 286 bulbs that I hope will be quality items as they are made by Osram. Love that they came in a box and no plastic packaging

Replacing the bulbs again tomorrow...


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So here we go, all the bulbs have been replaced with the Osram items and I am thrilled with them, lovely warm light, no bright spots, no dark spots and hopefully they will last a little longer than those hideous LED items I bought...

I am thinking that some things are just best left right alone...

Not LED bulbs;



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geobloke wrote:

Yesterday, after work I took a drive over the great divide (Menai Strait ) and headed in to Snowdonia for a drive looking for snow and a decent sunset. Its was utterly beautiful up there. I decided on doing a simple route up Nan Ffrancon to Capel Curig, past Plas y Brenin, on to Pen-y-Pass, Llanberis and down in to Caernarfon. A fantastic route if you ever have an hour or so to spare in North wales.

My first stop was the car park below Tryfan (the best of the mountains in Snowdonia IMHO) and a short walk with the dog to stretch his legs. It is the first time in ages that I have seen Llyn Ogwen frozen over and Tryfan looked magnificent. My biggest failure of last night was only having my iPhone for photos...


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The second half of the drive over Llanberis pass became increasingly more interesting as the snow descended in droves, but Miffy was faultless and the BFG AT KO2s were fantastic. Slowly made my way down the valley until Cromlech bridge where i came across a BMW 1 seres stranded with a mother a daughter looking awfully miserable. They had over-reached their comfort zone by quite some margin and looked as white as the snow around them. Minutes later they were back on the road to Llanberis with Miffy not far behind. Within minutes I had a convoy of nine vehicles tagged on behind Miffy and our train of cold and frightened people were making their way safely back down the mountain. It was quite the sight. Well almost everyone... there was a white van that decided snow and ice be damned, he was getting home fast and proceeded to over take everyone around corners, slipping and sliding all over the road, braking so close to the back of vehicles, tailgating and then he disappeared. Good riddance. Honestly not sure if I should report his ridiculous driving to the cops or not, it was horrendously dangerous and scared the other members of the convoy... Anyway at Llanberis I received a heap of thankful toots and thanks for the assist. For what was meant to be just a quick jaunt through the hills turned in to quite an evening.




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Tryfan must have looked wonderful in this weather, I could picture every mile, 👍

geobloke wrote:

Yeah not bad Clayton. Next stop Devon... Keep an eye out, Miffy's about...

Will keep an eye for you, if i'm out and about

If you need any help in any form, let me know if your around my area  Clayton.

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.
Keeper.