How To: restore door-handle courtesy lights

[Racinfan83]

I haven't been able to get that link to work for 3 days now.... Not the one to the thread - the one to "corvette hid mods" IN that thread. Searched on Google too and it still wouldn't work...

[GTOger]

Looks like his ZenCart shop is down. If that's unintentional, his webhost can help him with that. That happens to be the business I'm in, so I feel I speak with a bit of authority on that topic.

[Schrade]

You do Apache? What version?

I'm reading about more scripting flaws in 2.2.24 than ever before; haven't seen 2.2.24 yet...

[GTOger]

BlueOnyx boxes are on Apache/2.2.3. cPanel boxes are on Apache/2.2.23. On our Linux boxes, we're running Enterprise kernels and repos so we're not running on bleeding-edge versions.

We do web hosting but offer it as a boutique service. In other words, we're more interested in offering a reliable service with good customer support than racing to the bottom of the price pit. Our main business is in colocation and dedicated servers. We're the host that webhost providers use, if you will. Been doing it since 1996. If you're interested in knowing more, PM me and I'll be happy to talk about it. I don't want to spam the board with my services.

[Schrade]

Thanks...

I'm working on ... gulp ... VBS / Windows environment (usually run Linux OS's - Windows sux better than Shop-Vac; if you could get Windows in the intake, you'd turn 4-digit rwHP - then probably CRASH ).

[scottfab]

Given a few more decades of exposure you'll find each development platform has it's own strengths and weaknesses. And you'll find times when you're forced to migrate from one to another and you'll do it with ease.

[GTOger]

Good point Scott. We're a platform-agnostic shop here. Pretty much whatever is the right tool for the job. We are both a Microsoft Partner and the sponsor & host datacenter for an OpenSource webhosting appliance called BlueOnyx. But I digress... enough thread drift, eh!?

[scottfab]

So I used this How To on the courtesy lights today.
Worked great. I ended up replacing the incandescent bulb with
an LED one of similar dimentions (212-2 festoon type)
I also did the center console lamp. It was a 564 type so I ended
up soldering two wire loops on the end of the 212-1 festoon type
to get it to clip in. As with other areas where plastic is close to an
incandescent bulb on the car, the plastic was melted.

Lots more lamps to swap out. Lots of bulbs to do yet.
FYI all bulb types are listed on page 8B-25 of the FSM.

Originally Posted by GTOger

Good point Scott. We're a platform-agnostic shop here. Pretty much whatever is the right tool for the job. We are both a Microsoft Partner and the sponsor & host datacenter for an OpenSource webhosting appliance called BlueOnyx. But I digress... enough thread drift, eh!?

Good approach. Stay loose and platform ambidextrous or at least dextrosinistral if you have a preference. You don't have to be an early adopter. You just have to be willing to accept any platform or language paradigm that becomes successful.