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Date: 12 Mar 2003 21:18:09 -0700
From: andrewunix <agreenbunopsamnet>
Subject: Re: Bad earth on NG900 front fog-light
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.'
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