Interior Lighting/Ashtray light relocate
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Relocating Ashtray Lights in Gen II Taurus/Sable
- Remove light housing from ashtray.
- Cut wire lead on light leaving enough wire on each side to splice back together.
- Using similar gage wire splice in section of wire between original lead and original light housing.
- Take out glove compartment. Using tape, mount the housing to the dash support positioned in the middle of the opening on passenger side dash (i.e. Taurus/Sable slatted nameplate).
- Using a piece of plastic (i.e. a milk jug or sunny delight jug) make a light diffuser. This is important because it will diffuse the light from the bulb across the whole nameplate. Mount this on the backside of the opening for the nameplate with super glue or tape.
The effect will be an aesthetic improvement and done right, will look like it came from the factory that way. I used a green bulb which i purchased at Autozone. Green matches the stock instrument panel color scheme, but they also have other colors as well.
