Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:47:40 +0000, anonnopsamty.com suggested: : : andrewunix wrote: :> Sun, 09 Mar 2003 22:13:28 -0500, nimrodnopsams.com suggested: :> : Phil wrote: :> :> :> :> I suspect this might be a bit of an old chestnut, but does anyone have :> :> any suggestions about how to remove the NSF fog-light on an 1997 NG900 :> :> SE turbo without dismantling the front of the car in the process? :> :> :> :> I've got a bad earth, and I can't get at the connection inside the lamp :> :> to clean it up from underneath, despite getting it up on ramps and :> :> removing the lower panel. I may end up have to replace the lamp, but I :> :> still need to get the thing out. :> :> :> :> Any advice gratefully received! :> : :> : I have a 1996 900 SE. When the bulb on the fog light needed to be :> : replaced, I ended up taking it into the dealer, after spending a fair :> : amount of time trying to figure out how to do it myself. From the :> : length of time it took at the dealers, I suspect that it MAY entail :> : dismantling a good portion of the front of the car. :> :> What you need to do is remove the entire splash guard from the underside :> of the front of the car. Then, if you do enough cursing, you should be :> able to get it out. :> : I can get to the bulb as you describe, but I can't get to the earth : connection inside the light unit where the problem is. The bolts : holding the fog-light unit in place are screwed in from the front, : requiring the front bumper to be removed, which requires the headlights : to be removed, which requires... This isn't the case. I replaced one of the units last year without having to remove the bumper or the headlights. : I spend last Sunday afternoon under the car trying to do this, but I : can't think of another way without stripping the front of the car. I wish I could remember exactly what I did, but my memory is pretty hazy. The Haynes manual is absolutely no help: "- Reach up behind the front bumper and disconnect the wiring for the front foglight. - Unscrew the mounting bolts and withdraw the foglight from the front bumper. - Refitting is the reverse of removal." They might as well say, 'we have never actually done this.' -- agreenbu Return to Main Index
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