Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me what type of bulb I need to replace the licence plate lamp on my 1990 TP Magna; part no., wattage, etc. The Operator's Manual doesn't say.

Also, when this bulb fails, the filament should be broken like an ordinary incandescent bulb, right? Because the light isn't working and I took the bulb out, but it doesn't look broken. There is some blackening around the bulb fitting which looks unusual, though.

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Regarding the type of bulb, just take it to a car parts shop and get one that fits that socket type. There's little chance that if they sell a bulb that small, with exactly the same bayonet or screw-type socket (the silver part), that it would have a wattage that would cause any problems.

As for the blackness in the globe, that is one of that type of globe's failure signature. I have worked on the same model car and seen this problem myself. I also used to wonder why the filament didn't break, but then just accepted that this was one failure type for that type of very small globe.

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