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Steve Parry - 14 Jan 2006 23:49 GMT

Hi

Just a simple question :)

My 1996 e34 520i SE Touring is my second e34 and I seem to recall the
1st one had the cold/hot thumbwheel on the upper centre dash fresh air
vent lit at night time.

This item is not lit on my current e34, before I go searching for a
blown bulb etc can some else confirm that this is lit at night time?

Thanks

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Philip K - 15 Jan 2006 12:17 GMT

>This item is not lit on my current e34, before I go searching for a
>blown bulb etc can some else confirm that this is lit at night time?

Depends on the model year. The earlier cars did illuminate, but the
later E34s changed this control (even though the wiring and the bulb
holder are still there) to a different design which does not light up.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure this out on my 1995 E34 M5 before
I discovered that BMW stopped illuminating this control.

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Steve Parry - 15 Jan 2006 17:32 GMT

Philip K fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

>> This item is not lit on my current e34, before I go searching for a
>> blown bulb etc can some else confirm that this is lit at night time?
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> I spent a lot of time trying to figure this out on my 1995 E34 M5
> before I discovered that BMW stopped illuminating this control.

thanks Phil, my current 5 is a Feb 1996 so I guess I was correct in
recalling the 1989 530 did illuminate :)

Do I assume from what you're saying that as the wiring and bulb holder
is still there I merely have to pop a bulb in to get it to work?

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Philip K - 15 Jan 2006 22:43 GMT

>Do I assume from what you're saying that as the wiring and bulb holder
>is still there I merely have to pop a bulb in to get it to work?

Sadly not. The rotary control has changed and no longer has a place in
it for the bulb to go. Hence the bulb holder just lies under the large
ventilation grill (the one at the top centre of the dash).

There's a really good write-up of how the bulb fits in the OLDER design
at http://www.nmia.com/~dgnrg/page_37.htm (although this is for an E32
7-series it's the same as the earlier E34s).

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Steve Parry - 16 Jan 2006 11:42 GMT

>>Do I assume from what you're saying that as the wiring and bulb holder
>>is still there I merely have to pop a bulb in to get it to work?
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> at http://www.nmia.com/~dgnrg/page_37.htm (although this is for an E32
> 7-series it's the same as the earlier E34s).

Thanks for that ..

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(not forgetting the SK90PY)

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