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Offline Gene Hunt

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Drivers side footwell light.
« on: June 29, 2009, 07:56:05 am »
Got a bulb out,is it just a case of  pulling the cover down & removing the bulb to replace ? or is there any special way ?.Thanks in advance.
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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2009, 05:00:44 pm »
Still haven't got this fixed.How do you get the lamp holder out of the under dash trim please ?.I've tried to prise it with a flat blade screw driver but it still won't come out of the trim.
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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2009, 07:52:12 pm »
I think there is a cut out in the plastic lens, you have to depress a tang.  I ended up taking the panel down, it is about 4 Torx screws IIRC.  Torx t20 should do the trick.  Then get it on the bench and do the swap.

Hope that helps.

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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 09:02:34 am »
Thanks mate.I will do it that way. :happy2:
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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 05:17:38 pm »
mine simply clips in, have the red blubs instead. Never saw any screws.
However, when doing it, make sure its one of the first things you do, i had my door open for about 10 mins before doing it, and the bulb and unit was red hot by the time I took it out.

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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2009, 08:28:04 am »
Well got mine out the other day & to my suprise there was no wire/block connecter on the end of the light unit !!!!!!!!!.No wonder it won't work.I removed the cover so could have a good look around under the dash & there is no spare wire with a connecter going spare, got me stumped ????.
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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 10:04:22 pm »
Mine was same, but wire was tucked behind the edge of the carpet plugged in all works fine, but does so off the electronic guts behind the accelerator pedal. lol

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Re: Drivers side footwell light.
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2010, 08:41:07 am »
Thanks mate.I will have another look at the weekend. :happy2:
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