802A instrument panel light swapout to leds

[Sgt Jiggins]

Hello All,

Bought 3 red LEDs (from fleabay) to replace the 3 green incandescent instrument panel bulbs.

It would seem that Heman himself put those bulb covers/shades on. Last night I soaked them down with PB blaster. I haven't yet attempted to remove them again, but after referring to TM 9-6115-641-24P page 9-2 Figure 10 1of2, parts 5&6 are the offenders. So I'm pretty confident I'm doing this correctly, just thought I'd ask about how others got these off before carnage ensued.

Thanks,
SJ/JD

 

[kloppk]

You'll need to loosen the large hex nut on the back side of the lamp assembly first. Then unscrew the shade.