[joede]

Well, I answered my own question with some help from a Toyota parts man who knows what he is doing.

The little bulb in the lighter is NOT a regular pull-in pull-out mini bulb. The first dealer parts man told me wrong.

The bulb that I want to change (the one in the little grey socket) is actually an integral part of that little grey socket , soldered to the socket prongs,and cannot be changed out.

The only way to replace this bulb is to buy a $14.00 part called the “Stay Lighter” which is part of the Lighter assembly. The little grey socket/bulb snaps into the Stay. The grey socket/bulb comes as part of the “Stay Lighter Assembly” (part number 85515-06011 superseded by part number 85515-33010). Leave it to Toyota to figure a way to charge $10 for a 50 cent light bulb!

The only other way I can see to replace this bulb is to buy a small 12-14 volt bulb like those small bulbs used in electronic products and solder the new bulb to the prongs that go into the grey receptacle. Note: If you bend back the plastic retaining clips on the sides of the grey receptacle, the prongs, along with the bulb ( soldered to the prongs) will easily pull out of the grey socket.

For those of you who might care, I was able to find this bulb (a bulb to solder to prongs) at Allied Electronics (1-800-433-5700):


CML Innovative Technologies Lamp; Incandescent, T-1 1/4 Wire Terminal, 14 V; 0.08 A; 0.5 MSCP, 1000 hrs


Allied Electronics stock number: 749-0014; Chicago Miniature Lamp number #8640.

My electrical guru tells me since it is 14 V drawing on a 12V system the lamp should last significantly longer than 1000 hrs.

The cost per bulb is $0.58. They sent me two as samples, no cost. Also below is a cross reference chart showing other makers of this type bulb:

• I/14V/0.08A/WL/T1.25 • 749-0014 ALLIED
• 031293409829 EIKO • 8640 NORMAN
• 8640 GENERAL-ELECTRIC • 8640/14V/0.08A LUMIACTION
• ML/8640 AIDLITE • 751460 BULBRITE
• 8640 EIKO • I/14V/0.08A/WL/T1.25/1000H
• 8640 GENERAL-INSTRUMENT • ML 8640 AIDLITE
• T1.25/CL/14V/0.08A/WT STANDARDPRO • 8640 BULBRITE
• T4-8640/14V/0.08A LUMIACTION • 8640 CHICAGO-MINIATURE
• I/14V/0.08A/WT/T1.25 • ML-8640 AIDLITE
• 8640 USA • 8640 GILWAY
• 13690 STANDARDPRO • 14-1.12-SWT MICROLITES
• EK40982 • 8640/14V/0.08A USA
• 69549136908UPC STANDARDPRO • 69549136908
• 8640 INTERLIGHT • I/14V/0.08A/WL-25MM/T1.25/11.7MM/1000H
• T4-8640 LUMIACTION • 8640 CEC
• 8640 STANDARDPRO • 40982EK
• 14-1.12-SWT CANIMPEX • WE04.14.0801 BAILEY
• 6240-00-570-9884 FEDERAL-STOCK-NUMBER • 6240005709884
• ML8640 AIDLITE