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Perfect hack!

So, I got the car about a month and a half ago... HVAC controls never lit up and it was irritating me. >:-o I did some searching here and lo, found a couple of these threads. I took my vice grips and a piece of rubber for padding. Adjusted the vice grips just so. 2nd position and a quick tug. Voila!

Didn't have any tubing, but I did have some needle nose pliers. Careful wiggling and it was out. Some more looking for the number and calling Autozone. They had it. Generic #2721--they come 2 for $4.99. Used the vice grips to carefully line up the bulb and get it in a bit and carefully seated it w/ my finger tip. Tested it and bam!, it works! Put back together and then shaded it to check and all the HVAC is lit. :)

Now, on to that broken mirror switch--the used one I got didn't work. Let's see if the Southeast Asian one I got from Amazon does.
 
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