Is this a T5 LED bulb?

Margo Ledbetter said:

Thanks Lyall, I've never seen so many bulbs categorised by one term and all looking completely different! The one's I've removed frankly look pretty cheaply made but nonetheless I've bought the only replacement set I can find that match them -Ironically the most expensive too! The size is the bit that concerned me as at approx 18mm long these are far longer than any of the others I'm looking at, and the head is almost 10mm diameter and most are barely 5mm. A previous owner must have 'updated' the dash with LED the same time they did all the exterior lights.

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Margo Ledbetter said:

Second 'simple' job this morning was going to be to replace some of the dashboard bulbs which weren't working. I had no idea what would be in there and looking online wasn't much help with various bulbs being advertised for various models; only for TD5, not suitable for TD5 etc. As mine's a bitsa with a later TD5 not terribly helpful! So, I was expecting to find 286's in the smaller instruments and maybe something else in the speedo. Instead I found these in all of them. Not difficult to see why this one had gone phut as the top is practically caving in. There's absolutely nothing on the bulb to indicate what it is other than the red PASS sticker. Is it a T5? I have found the same bulb advertised on eBay.com from, suprise suprise a Chinese seller. They've listed it as a T5 but having searched for other T5's none of them look the same. This has a very definite rounded top and virtually all the other T5's I'm looking at just have a round head and rectangular shaft.

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Margo Ledbetter said:

Wow, thanks for all that info Kissmyaura, I've ordered three different sets of bulbs from that range and will see which ones do the job. Access isn't the easiest, a previous owner seems to have lost most of the securing screws or else the locating lugs have snapped off so at the moment the binacle is only held on with two screws and releasing it it only comes forward about 2.5", so not the best working space given the steering wheel in the middle. It *looks* as though all the bulb holders are the same and as shown in the photo. So thick black rubber cap on the back of the instrument and an end that pulls out with the bulb sat in the end. When the various sets have arrived I'll give them a go.

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KISSMYAURA said:

NO SPEEDO CABLE ON MY 2003 TD5!! i understood all td5's have electronic View attachment 281497View attachment 281497

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KISSMYAURA said:

@Hicap phill yea i see wot u see, etc lol
sounds like you got a weird prob with yer temp bulb?

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Hicap phill said:

Think it’s the gauge. I swapped bulb holders from working fuel gauge & blew once inserted .
Always fun when owning a landy..

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