Installation-headlight bulbs

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Installation-headlight bulbs

Post by markxt » Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:12 pm

A simple question... one I didn't think I'd have to ask. How do you replace a headlight bulb of the sort pictured? It's not a conventional (older?) 3 metal pin + clip arrangement but a 3-pronged plastic mount.

I've pulled, twisted, squeezed, wiggled...

Suggestions welcome. Before I sledgehammer.

Thank you.

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Re: Installation-headlight bulbs

Post by g8dhe » Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:19 pm

Yes it is a standard design, release the plug by squeezing the cross and the catch to remove, pull the rubber boot off then there is a fiddly wire clip that has to be released from a clip and the lamp pops out.
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Re: Installation-headlight bulbs

Post by markxt » Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:16 pm

Thanks-I’ll pull a bit harder… while squeezing.
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