Go ahead...mock me!
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Go ahead...mock me!
Ok, I'm big enough of a man to admit when I do stupid things. Out of my desire to make some cool upgrades to my 8, I made a stupid mistake. I ordered a couple of the stealth-like 7440 bulbs for my front turn signals and was attempting to install them when I noticed that the bulbs didn't seem to want to fit properly. I pushed on them a bit harder than I did at first and they seemed to have gone in snuggly.
So, I proceeded to re-insert the buld into the headlight when.... yes, you guessed it... the bulb fell out of the socket and into the front of the headlight! If I were one for cursing, at that moment a stream of profanity would have come flying from my mouth.
After a few failed attempts to coerce the bulb back to the hole, I had no choice but to remove my bumper so that I could then remove the headlight. If it weren't for the instructions I found in the forum I would have spent my entire evening trying to figure out how to get the bumper off. Luckily it was a fairly straight-forward procedure. I'd like to think I'm mechanically inclined, but the mood I was in didn't lend itself to a long drawn out complicated process.
Anyway, thank you to everyone in the forum that has contributed and enabled the rest of us to benefit from your experiences!
So, I proceeded to re-insert the buld into the headlight when.... yes, you guessed it... the bulb fell out of the socket and into the front of the headlight! If I were one for cursing, at that moment a stream of profanity would have come flying from my mouth.
After a few failed attempts to coerce the bulb back to the hole, I had no choice but to remove my bumper so that I could then remove the headlight. If it weren't for the instructions I found in the forum I would have spent my entire evening trying to figure out how to get the bumper off. Luckily it was a fairly straight-forward procedure. I'd like to think I'm mechanically inclined, but the mood I was in didn't lend itself to a long drawn out complicated process.
Anyway, thank you to everyone in the forum that has contributed and enabled the rest of us to benefit from your experiences!
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Originally posted by Charles R. Hill
I bet a piece of gum on a stick would have dug the bulb out in no time, and without removing the headlight ***'y.
Charles
I bet a piece of gum on a stick would have dug the bulb out in no time, and without removing the headlight ***'y.
Charles
Perhaps I could have sent a specially trained bulb retrieving mouse in after it instead!
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First off, if you don't make some mistakes, you just aren't pushing yourself hard enough. We can't always have someone by our side who's alredy done everything we want to do to keep from doing it wrong. You took care of the whole issue on your own. No harm done!
Second, what about a pick-up tool? I realize you already have it out, but could help others if this happens again.
Could you have used a magnetice pick up?
Or how about this flexible tool? It has a three prong claw on the end that your can "squeeze" with the pumger on the end.
Either way, you are now one of the sites bumper removal specialist!
Second, what about a pick-up tool? I realize you already have it out, but could help others if this happens again.
Could you have used a magnetice pick up?
Or how about this flexible tool? It has a three prong claw on the end that your can "squeeze" with the pumger on the end.
Either way, you are now one of the sites bumper removal specialist!
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Originally posted by WHealy
First off, if you don't make some mistakes, you just aren't pushing yourself hard enough. We can't always have someone by our side who's alredy done everything we want to do to keep from doing it wrong. You took care of the whole issue on your own. No harm done!
Second, what about a pick-up tool? I realize you already have it out, but could help others if this happens again.
Could you have used a magnetice pick up?
Or how about this flexible tool? It has a three prong claw on the end that your can "squeeze" with the pumger on the end.
Either way, you are now one of the sites bumper removal specialist!
First off, if you don't make some mistakes, you just aren't pushing yourself hard enough. We can't always have someone by our side who's alredy done everything we want to do to keep from doing it wrong. You took care of the whole issue on your own. No harm done!
Second, what about a pick-up tool? I realize you already have it out, but could help others if this happens again.
Could you have used a magnetice pick up?
Or how about this flexible tool? It has a three prong claw on the end that your can "squeeze" with the pumger on the end.
Either way, you are now one of the sites bumper removal specialist!
The benefit of it all is that I now know how to remove my bumper for future mods and I won't be hesitant to go at it with a bit more confidence.
I am a little concerned that the bulbs did not fit as intended. I hope no one else encounters this issue when a bulb works its way loose!!!
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Originally posted by dcfc3s
I bet a magnetic pick-up tool could have done it - it's pulled my *** out of a jam MANY times.
Dale
I bet a magnetic pick-up tool could have done it - it's pulled my *** out of a jam MANY times.
Dale
If anyone would like to pop a loose bulb into their headlight and attempt to get it out using this method, feel free to prove me wrong!