Instrument panel bulbs

[LtDan560]

I have a 67 Eldorado & I have the instrument panel out & want to replace all bulbs. They look similar to Sylvania 194 but on the bulbs that I can read states GE168 & GE161. Some look slightly larger than the 194 but that could be the manufacturer. Are they the same? Will the 194 bulb work well?

[J. Gomez]

Dan,

Check this site; it has references to every type of bulb make and manufactures, it also has the specs for them.

http://www.donsbulbs.com/

Good luck..!

[LtDan560]

I checked out the donsbulbs site but did not help telling me what bulbs to use. I did find out that the bulbs that are in question have different brightness. I can replace the bulbs I can read with the same bulb but I would rather know which goes where in case some of the bulbs were put in wrong. I could replace them all with 194 which is 3.78 watts but the GE 168 appears to be 5 watts. I have a shop manual & it does not specify for the instrument panel.

[Glen]

There is a bulb chart on page 12-78 of the service manual.  But you need to dig the information out of it.  Page 12-22 has the instrument panel layout. 

The way I read it the “panel lamps” in the chart and “illumination” in the layout are the same and are #168, at 3 candle power.  And the rest (low oil, trunk, generator etc) are all #161 at 1 candle power. 

HTH

[LtDan560]

Thank you very much
Now I see the light