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i will never again say a discuoraging word about working on my bike, it's all out in the open. ever change a headlight on a 2005 accura tl? nothing about it was out in the open
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From: Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand
Working on cars just sucks....nearly as bad as working on Outboard Motors....which is what I are mostly been doing this morning
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From: Frozelandia, Minnysota
Cars are about totally miserable to work on now, have been for 20 or 30 years, hate doing it, only do what the cage just has to have done. Put less than 2000 miles a year on it, so it ain't wearing out fast anyway. Of course, Minnysota salt is gonna dissolve it in the next 5 or 6 years... I'd never buy a new one again, just get something cheap I can get 4 or 5 years out of before it gets in the salt perforated, parts falling off stage.
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From: Bedford UK
A local car dealer recently took on a petite girl apprentice mechanic. What they didn't expect is that as she is so slender there are parts of a modern car only she can get to - like changing car light bulbs. Makes ya wonder if car production lines are manned by small women!
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From: Canton, Michigan
No.
However, after a local cop issued me a 'fix-it ticket' for an inop headlight (he was trolling for drunks at 5 AM-another rant....), I spent a cold/rainy afternoon trying to figure out how to change the bulb in my 2002 Chevy Blazer. Owner's manuals are useless for anything of this sort.
Only way you can get at the bulbs, is to remove the headlight assemblies. After much frustration, many internet searches and page readings: It turns out there are two 'wedge-like' attachments that needed to be pulled/pushed up, and the headlight assembly will fall out. I mean literally, fall out. Better be quick or it might screw up the harness as it drops.
It wasn't even a five minute job, but it took me almost three hours 'figuring it out'. And another twenty minutes to drive to the cop shop, and get the ticket negated.
However, after a local cop issued me a 'fix-it ticket' for an inop headlight (he was trolling for drunks at 5 AM-another rant....), I spent a cold/rainy afternoon trying to figure out how to change the bulb in my 2002 Chevy Blazer. Owner's manuals are useless for anything of this sort.
Only way you can get at the bulbs, is to remove the headlight assemblies. After much frustration, many internet searches and page readings: It turns out there are two 'wedge-like' attachments that needed to be pulled/pushed up, and the headlight assembly will fall out. I mean literally, fall out. Better be quick or it might screw up the harness as it drops.
It wasn't even a five minute job, but it took me almost three hours 'figuring it out'. And another twenty minutes to drive to the cop shop, and get the ticket negated.
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Unless it's discoloring on the inside.......
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From: Oxford, Nc
Yep, that's it. I cleaned the outside as best I could with an abrasive and its still "growing" from the inside center and slowly progressing outward. ( And its only the right side for some reason.)
