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Booked in for a MOT tomorrow, had two new tyres fitted to the front end (needed). Spent about two hours with the hoover and a bucket of soapy water tarting it up and as a final check, checked the washer bottle, wipers and lights.

 

Now yesterday the side lights were both working, checked tonight and one is off, booger!! Anyhoos I had a spare but what a carry on to get the damn thing fitted, rubber man would have struggled. Managed in the end, then remembered something on a car forum. Someone had said to get "bulbs" changed on the front was going to cost about £80 because the front of the car had to come off. Worked out he was talking about the fog light bulbs so while I was up to the eyes had a crawl underneath and I think the guy was right. If either of my fog lights dies it can stay dead, rarely use them anyway.

 

Which leads to changing a headlight bulb on the nearside, access according to the handbook is via a hatch in the wheel arch. So when I followed the handbook, guess what? I got my hand stuck for ten minutes. Had visions of the fire brigade being called and cutting my car to bits. Got free and ended up with lots of scratches, found out it was much easier changing the bulb from inside the bonnet however if you have hands like a gorilla forget it.

 

I do like my car, it fits.

 

Rant over for now (unless it fails tomorrow)

 

For ten points for the first correct answer......................what make & model ofr car is it??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Don't know what car that is but my old VW Passat you actually had to take off the air intake to change driver side front bulbs, unbelievable hassle! When I bought the bulb from Halfords the spotty 16 year old asked if I wanted it fitting for £2 and I really wish I had said yes - although he'd probably still be fitting it now

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The problem with MOTs is you put it in expecting it to pass and they find all sorts wrong but when you put it in expecting it to fail they go and pass the bloody thing and why is it that one year you can get lots of adviserys and you do nothing about them but next year it passes but you get new adviserys on different things. :no: :no:

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The last Transit I had before this one, (2004 model), had to have the air-con depressurised and a pipe removed to change the nearside headlight bulb... And people wonder why there are so many vehicles driving about with one light out!

 

Mike.

Sorry Mike but they must have seen you coming. It's 4 nuts that hold the headlight in on that shape transit and takes a few minutes to whip them out. Air con or no air con.

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My 08 Volvo v70 had 2 big steel pins, like tent pegs, holding each headlight in, pop them up, pop the light out, undo multi plug and take it inside to do the bulb. Brilliant idea.

 

The rear led lights had to have the bumper removed to fit new ones.........

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Pastiebap wins ten points,,,,,,,,,, well done matey, do you or have you had one?

 

LondonLuke comes a close runner up so its only fair to give him 5 points.

My mum had one and asked me at one point to change her headlight bulb, you do actually require a separate elbow joint halfway down the forearm.

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Sorry Mike but they must have seen you coming. It's 4 nuts that hold the headlight in on that shape transit and takes a few minutes to whip them out. Air con or no air con.

Well, the screenwash ran dry at the same time, so I just traded it in for a new one... :lol:

 

Mike.

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Eldest had a Ford Focus ST170, when they first came out. Headlight bulb went.

 

We were fiddling under the bonnet when a mate popped round. Take the bumper and inner wheel arch off - gets access to headlight. Sod that. Whacked the wing fairly smartly - light back on and stayed that way for the next year or so, until to got rid.

 

Last garbage car he had.

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a friend of mine has a new merc, last year on the previous model he had a bulb replaced by Robinsons, it took them the whole day as they had to strip the entire front end, to their credit they did replace the other side while they were at it but the bill was the thick end of eight hundred poonds.

 

I have no idea who Robinsons are but if it is as hard as that to do it would not it be best to take it to a Merc main dealer as they may charge a lot but they would/should now the best simplest way to do it.

 

just a thought but why would you take a car to a soft drink manufacturer to have a bulb changed :lol: :lol:

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I have no idea who Robinsons are but if it is as hard as that to do it would not it be best to take it to a Merc main dealer as they may charge a lot but they would/should now the best simplest way to do it.

 

just a thought but why would you take a car to a soft drink manufacturer to have a bulb changed :lol: :lol:

Robinsons is the name of the main dealer.

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