{"id":308,"date":"2012-12-12T11:28:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2012-12-12T15:15:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:15:03","slug":"let-there-be-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/let-there-be-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Let there be light!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Volvo has always been a bit dark on the inside. Not that it is evil in any way, just that it has a lack of light. In reading the world famous Matthew’s Volvo Site<\/a>, I am seeing that I have a lot of little light bulbs to replace. A LOT of little light bulbs. The radio alone has five!<\/p>\n

This post will mainly be of interest to me as I dump links to it.<\/p>\n

Radio light replacement<\/a><\/p>\n

Gear shift light replacement<\/a>
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\nEven better gear shift bulb replacement<\/a>
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\nPower window master switch fix<\/a>. Not really light-related, but worth saving. Actually, there are three lights here, but I don’t think they are easily replaced.
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\nGlovebox light replacement<\/a><\/p>\n

Climate Control bulb replacement<\/a><\/p>\n

Power antenna rebuild<\/a>. Seriously, no lights involved this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Volvo has always been a bit dark on the inside. Not that it is evil in any way, just that it has a lack of light. In reading the world famous Matthew’s Volvo Site, I am seeing that I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[65,155,176,175],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek","category-life","tag-equipment","tag-lights","tag-repair","tag-volvo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NxlE-4Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":351,"url":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/volvo-lights-phase-1-complete\/","url_meta":{"origin":308,"position":0},"title":"Volvo Lights, Phase 1, Complete!","author":"matthannan","date":"18 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"w00t! Headlight switch seems to only have one light on and could possibly have two. There are five bulbs in the radio! There could easily be two in a headlight switch!! There are two bulbs in here. One for headlights, one for parking lights. Both lights lit. Fog light switch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Geek"","block_context":{"text":"Geek","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/category\/geek\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":315,"url":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/315\/","url_meta":{"origin":308,"position":1},"title":"Shedding More Light","author":"matthannan","date":"12 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Sat in the car tonight and made a list of all the lights I could see were not working. Headlight switch seems to only have one light on and could possibly have two. There are five bulbs in the radio! There could easily be two in a headlight switch!! 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I involved the Nexus 7 tablet that I received for Christmas in the process, propping it up between the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Geek"","block_context":{"text":"Geek","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/category\/geek\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":341,"url":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/volvo-lights\/","url_meta":{"origin":308,"position":4},"title":"Volvo Lights","author":"matthannan","date":"18 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The radio and dash switch lights arrived last night. They are tiny tiny. I will grab a picture tonight as I start replacing burned out bulbs. 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