Light bulbs - (Red tinted) Dash, Shifter console ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Shifter console- Many, many years ago I found a sleeve of five bulbs that matched the shifter bulb size. The bulbs are marked T1445. They were clear instead of red, so a covering with red nail polish solved that problem. Still have three left in the sleeve, and the bulbs seem to be lasting for many years. That's two replacement in nineteen years. Color has not faded. Ernie Wolf erniew@soon.com Jul 01 I, too, had thought about nail polish. However, I didn3t think it would stand up to the heat generated by a light bulb (especially one that stays lit all the time). So I went to my local 3Arts & Crafts¸ store to look for something more high temp. I have been very happy with the scarlet "Porcelaine 150¸ by pebeo. Here3s what the side of the bottle says: >> 3 Thermohardening water based colours for china, crockery, terra-cotta glass. >> Allow to dry for 24 hours, then oven back 35 min. at 300/325ĉ F.¸ I figure that the 3bake¸ cycle occurs when I install the bulb into the car and turn on the light. Haven3t had any color flake off the bulb since I started using this product about 5 years ago. It also produces an excellent quality red. I guess it all depends on whether you want to be caught in an Arts & Crafts store or at the nail polish counter. Ken Thomas Jul 01 I have plastic sleeves that fit over each bulb. I painted the sleeves with engine (hi temp) bright red paint. Works for me...and has stayed looking good and red for the last 4 years. Jim Baize jimbaize@aol.com Jul 01 Chuck, You might try what I did.....a red LED. Break the glass out of an old bulb, just save the metal base. Solder a 1000 to 1200 ohm in series with the LED (negitive side)to drop the voltage to a level that won't burn it out. Solder the resistor/LED assy in to the metal bulb base attaching the positive terminal of the LED the center pin of the metal bulb socket and the resistor to the bulb case. Fill the case with epoxy. Then when the epoxy sets, paint around the edges of the LED with black paint so it only shines upward. Just make sure that you make the assy short enough that it won't rub or bind on the underside of the plastic shift indicator, but long enough to be bright enough. The color is great, you will never have to replace it in all likelyhood, it produces no heat and with out removing the shift indicator you can't tell the difference. Hope this helps, Dale (hurdnewsacct@mstar2.net) July 2001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Instead, I took some clear bulbs, cleaned them with rubbing alcohol and painted them with Humbrol translucent red paint, #1321. It took about 5 coats to get it thick enough to give off a decent red light. Regular red paint just blocks off the light. Humbrol paint is usually available at hobby shops and comes in little 14 ml cans. Bill Vancouver, BC 22 Nov 2002 ===================================== needed red bulbs for the wife's pair of '64 sedans..... I took regular, clear, bulbs and used Dykem Red (a toolmaker's layout dye) and painted them. Better than a year later, they still look good. ============================= May 2004 Great Glass Staining Medium, #15001 Red distributed by Plaid Enterprises in Norcross, GA, 30091. In a letter to Avanti Magazine Tome Clarke says he used what is apparently a similar product available for Moore Efficient Communications Aids. P. O. Box 11023, Denver, CO 80211-0023, ph. 303-433-8450. But there must be more similar products available. He used Candy Apple Red.