This sounds like a very useful technique, and one worth keeping in mind.
Thanks for pointing it out.
-- John, N9JG

"Mike Andrews" wrote in message
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John, N9JG wrote:
Thanks for your helpful suggestions. Yes, it looks like the bulbs are
socketed (aimed towards the front panel), but it wasn't clear to me if I
had
to remove the front panel in order to get maneuvering room. As others
have
suggested, it should be a "lark" to replace the bulbs unless the glass
breaks off with the bayonet base still in the socket. Then it might be
time
for some strong language.

In the (unlikely?) event that the glass breaks, you can use an
appropriately-sized bit of rubber (the eraser on the end of a pencil,
or one of the slip-over erasers) as a tool for removal: just push it
down into the metal base as far as you can, then twist. I've done this
more than a few times with old pilot lamps.