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commodore_dude
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AUG 30, 05:53 PM
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Hoping this is an easy one, but I couldn't find a similar thread even in the archives. How do you get to the trunk light bulb to change it? The plastic lens/housing will pull out just a little bit from the wall of the trunk, but I'm afraid of breaking anything else by being clumsy so I didn't want to try and muscle it all the way out without checking first.
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Bloozberry
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AUG 30, 06:24 PM
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It does simply pull out, but from one side only. I've never been able to tell which side has the little spring tab and which side has a pair of long prongs that hold the connector to the lens, so it's a trial and error process. Unfortunately due to the age of the plastic, even if you guess the correct side to lever out, yout almost always end up breaking the plastic spring tab. I think TFS sells the lenses if you break yours.
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gtoformula
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AUG 30, 06:55 PM
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Pull it/pry it from the right, or passenger side. The left side has the electrical plug and won't pull through very well from that side. The retaining arms are fairly thick so you shouldn't have much problem getting it out unless someone glued it in place.
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commodore_dude
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AUG 30, 08:21 PM
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Man, I'm gonna owe some +es when I get enough posts. Pulled out the housing as far as I dared, and then I used a small flat head screwdriver to push in ever so slightly on the passenger-side edge of the housing and it popped out without incident. There was more slack in the wiring than I was expecting, that's helpful and surprising considering all the electrical problems that I'm learning escaped from the factory. Bulb didn't look particularly bad, but I'm getting voltage so I guess I'll throw one of those in on my next parts order. Thanks!
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gtoformula
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AUG 30, 10:23 PM
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You may be getting voltage, but do have a good ground? If you have power when placing a test light or volt meter from the bulb socket to a general body ground you are bypassing the trunk light circuit ground. If you measure voltage from both terminals of the light socket with the trunk lid open then you are testing the whole circuit.
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commodore_dude
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AUG 31, 05:24 PM
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I don't get any kind of reading that makes sense when I do that. Maybe related to the overall electrical issue I'm having that I think is a bad ground somewhere?
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gtoformula
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AUG 31, 05:52 PM
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Below is a good thread regarding the trunk light inop. The ground for the circuit is in the switch by the trunk lid release. There is also a connector near the passenger side of the engine compartment wall. Sometimes the connections get corroded and the ground is not effective. Your problem definitely seems to be ground related. You could try jumping the ground wire in the harness (not the lead that goes to the switch) and see if the light works. Just a matter of locating where in the circuit you have a problem.
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/124379.html
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buddycraigg
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SEP 01, 04:41 AM
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st88fiero
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MAR 15, 02:05 PM
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This may be a dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway. To remove the lightbulb while it is on, is the best way to just unclip the plug from it, or is it ok to use a small screwdriver to pull the clip away from the bulb. I unplugged it while doing mine, but I'm just curious....and remember, there are no dumb questions, just stupid people that ask them ;-)
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GodSend
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MAR 16, 09:37 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by st88fiero:
This may be a dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway. To remove the lightbulb while it is on, is the best way to just unclip the plug from it, or is it ok to use a small screwdriver to pull the clip away from the bulb. I unplugged it while doing mine, but I'm just curious....and remember, there are no dumb questions, just stupid people that ask them ;-) |
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I would unplug the wires it and leave it to cool for a little while before removing the bulb. That little bastard gets hot real quick...
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