Replacing an odd dial lamp

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Reece

I'll bet it's neon also, with a resistor. If you can saw it open, you could probably replace it with a NE2. If it is neon, strange it would not work: usually last forever. One fast cheap source would be a cheap neon receptacle tester, the kind with two leads and pin plugs, available everywhere.

But I've seen that pilot assembly somewhere....

Instrument must be a high hour unit. I have a few of those outlet strips, where the neon indicators flicker. It indicates the end of it's life.
That pilot assembly was sold at almost every electronic supplier, that sold Japanese import parts. The low voltage ones were incandescent.