Help, stuck tail light lens!
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Help, stuck tail light lens!
My left rear turn signal light bulb is burnt out. I removed the two screws to pull the lens out but the top portion of the lens is stuck to somethiing, probably weather stripping. Are the two screws the only things that are supposed to hold the lens in place? I'm afraid to break the lens or chip the paiint by pulling or prying to hard. Recommendations..........
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Le Mans Master
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From: New Hill NC
My left rear turn signal light bulb is burnt out. I removed the two screws to pull the lens out but the top portion of the lens is stuck to somethiing, probably weather stripping. Are the two screws the only things that are supposed to hold the lens in place? I'm afraid to break the lens or chip the paiint by pulling or prying to hard. Recommendations..........
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Ohio
If you have an easy out that you twist to remove broken bolts put it in a T-handle and insert in the hole in the lens where the screw was and then turn it so it grabs the plastic and pull the lens off. If it is real tight move from one hole to the next till it comes off. No way this will sctatch the paint like a screwdriver will.
It has worked for me many times.
It has worked for me many times.
Last edited by LYLE; Mar 19, 2008 at 09:37 PM. Reason: xx
Team Owner
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My '71 has 3 screws per lens. If the car has been repainted, the owner [or painter] may have installed them on top of some overspray before the paint hardened...that would make them tough to remove. 
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Right, prying the lens off with a screwdriver will probably chip the paint---maybe covering the paint with masking tape will help. Next time you're looking at an Eastwood catalog looking for something to buy, check out their little nylon pry bars. It's a body shop tool for doing just what you'd like to do here ...pry out your lens. I think a set costs about $30 (?)
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