The turn signal glow is probably from light reflection
inside the gauge assembly. Some older model cars use
paper tubes to seperate light sources. Some have paper
gaskets in between the gauge case and the dash pot. If
one of these items are bad or out of alignment light
will leak in. RC
--- Rex Crews <rexcrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey,
Group,
>
> I have a question primarily for your '59 owners out
> there, but would love to
> hear from anyone about this. The gear shift
> indicator buttons will not
> really illuminate on my dash board. I have, of
> course, checked and changed
> the bulb and know it's working. I have removed and
> cleaned the buttons to
> get the white film that forms on the old plastic
> off. Still, despite my
> best efforts the buttons have only the very faintest
> illumination. On the
> other hand the heat/ac buttons glow rather brightly.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem and can you correct
> it? And while we are
> on the subject of '59's my turn signal indicators
> also glow slightly whether
> the turn signal is on or not. This is true of both
> sides. If anyone can
> help with this, please let me know.
>
> xoxox
>
> R
>
>
>
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