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Getting to those taillight bulbs
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1748 S wrote: Bill... Before you do any work on these tail lights please put down some carpet or blankets. Harbor Freight has inexpensive shipping blankets that will cover the area well. Behind the red lens are 6 flat springs that act like a shot out of a cannon.
Reply: Same with the Headlamp lenses and same with Auburn 951 and 852 as well. I had a fiend just look at me serious and say they would have had same luck just hitting the original with a hammer and then installing a second.
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Since I’m driving more, I want people behind me to see that my brakes are being applied!
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I'm prepping my car for paint and wondering if I should remove the tail lights, which seems to be a daunting project OR mask the heck out of the lens, chrome ring and rubber gasket. Also, if I don't disassemble these things I have one with the chrome ring sprung partially away from it's proper position. see attachment. Any suggestions on how to push this back so it stays put?
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Just be careful once the glass has been moved a little the retaining ring can be worked out.
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So looking at the pictures, I'm thinking about removing the frosted glass at the rear of the housing and getting at the bulbs that way. I think to get the frosted glass out I would score and break it, take it out, remove the clips that held it in place (unscrew from the inside), replace the bulbs, then use a mirror in place of the frosted glass on the outside of the housing and affix the mirror to the housing using the same screw holes that originally held the frosted glass on the inside. That way I would never have to risk breaking the outer lens.
Real question - do you think I can remove the the bulb itself by access through the frosted-glass hole? It looks like it's possible, but also looks like a very tight fit to get the bulb in or out even with the taillight lend off.
Open for thoughts ....
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Thanks for the description. Essentially the same construct as the headlights. Now I understand how changing the bulbs jeopardizes the lenses! I’ll be very careful!
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Very easy to either break or chip the lens in it's removal. What makes it hard is that time has frozen the parts together.
The lens is held in place by the stainless steel ring around the lens. Inside the housing there are 3 butterfly spring clips that
push the lens up against the stainless steel ring. I spray WD40 around the stainless ring. If you are lucky, when you gently push in
the lens, it will move in slightly. Don't push too hard or you can crack the lens. You will notice there is a split in the stainless retainer ring.
When you gently push in the lens near this split in the ring, you have to start to pry out the ring by pushing it to the inside and then work
you way around the lens. When the ring is removed, you then can remove the lens and have access to the bulb. As you remove the stainless ring, be careful that the lens doesn't fall out. Reverse the procedure to put everything back together again. Good Luck.....Cliff
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Thanks all,
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