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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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Front blinker or running light is out, anyone with tips on how to change it? it looks like you would have to have "ET" arms to do it. thanks
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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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yeah, ET arms sounds about right. Go in throught the brake duct, push it back and down, then twist the harness and take out through the duct then charnge bulb and put back in. Good Luck.
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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 09:21 PM
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yeah, ET arms sounds about right. Go in throught the brake duct, push it back and down, then twist the harness and take out through the duct then charnge bulb and put back in. Good Luck.
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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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yep that's a bad one. i turned on the headlights and forced my way in. you do it blind. being an engineer myself that one caused me to pause.
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Old Oct 23, 2004 | 10:37 PM
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I found this method from an old forum posting, and it worked OK for me.

Pop up the headlights and back off one position to kill the lights

Take off the black plastic housing around the headlight (3 screws). Reach down inside around the headlight unit and the DRL bulbs are easliy accesible. Squeeze the bulb holder to release the spring clip and rotate the unit to release it from the housing. Its a one handed job so it can be tricky. Change the bulb and reverse to reassemble.

Also when you handle the new bulb (including taking it out of the package) wear a surgical glove or similar.

As with projector bulbs, these bulbs will burn out faster if handled with bare hands due to the oil on your skin.

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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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Changed blinker bulb today,thanks for the tips.For those who are scratching their heads about the difficulty in changing a bulb,your day will come.
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