Rage! Focus n/s headlight replacement
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What utter f
king wipe tossbag of an assfking st eater designed this woeful bag of wk?
The manual is a fking dickensian work of fiction, correct only in that you have to remove the headlamp itself. It helpfully reads 'undo the screw on top, release the plugs on the rear, and remove the headlamp. Reinstallation is the reverse of removal'.
Bullst. 1 - there is no screw, there are 2 bolts. 2 - there is only one plug where the manual depicts 2, 3 - you cant just remove the headlamp, as there appears to be some fking retaining screw located somewhere in the fking wheelarch!
In the fking wheelarch? WHAT THE fk WHO THE fk THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Lets see now we are designing what will probably be one of the most mass produced cars of the fking decade, so lets make it entirely fking impossible to perform a simple fking task. Also, you know what, lets supply an incorrect manual with the car! thatll fkING help wont it! LOLS off to the pub now seeing as its nearly lunchtime!
Found the ford service manual diagrams online - also shows removal of the grille as well as gettign under the wheelarch. Utterly fking astounding. The best part? 'we advise not reinstalling the lower retaining bolt so the job will be much quicker next time'
Utter wkstains.
ps. 2002 focus tdci - now to decide if i can be fked dealing with removing the battery and st behind the light instead as im sure as fk not jacking it up and taking the wheel off.
king wipe tossbag of an assfking st eater designed this woeful bag of wk?The manual is a f
king dickensian work of fiction, correct only in that you have to remove the headlamp itself. It helpfully reads 'undo the screw on top, release the plugs on the rear, and remove the headlamp. Reinstallation is the reverse of removal'.Bulls
t. 1 - there is no screw, there are 2 bolts. 2 - there is only one plug where the manual depicts 2, 3 - you cant just remove the headlamp, as there appears to be some fking retaining screw located somewhere in the fking wheelarch!In the f
king wheelarch? WHAT THE fk WHO THE fk THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?Lets see now we are designing what will probably be one of the most mass produced cars of the f
king decade, so lets make it entirely fking impossible to perform a simple fking task. Also, you know what, lets supply an incorrect manual with the car! thatll fkING help wont it! LOLS off to the pub now seeing as its nearly lunchtime!Found the ford service manual diagrams online - also shows removal of the grille as well as gettign under the wheelarch. Utterly f
king astounding. The best part? 'we advise not reinstalling the lower retaining bolt so the job will be much quicker next time'Utter w
kstains.ps. 2002 focus tdci - now to decide if i can be f
ked dealing with removing the battery and st behind the light instead as im sure as fk not jacking it up and taking the wheel off. is that the facelift mk1 shape?
if so, the battery can stay in place. the cover on the back of the headlight does come off and out the gap thats there
the trouble comes when trying to refit it and getting the top two lugs in place
just very carefully file them down until they are an easy fit and still locate the cover tighly tho
if so, the battery can stay in place. the cover on the back of the headlight does come off and out the gap thats there
the trouble comes when trying to refit it and getting the top two lugs in place
just very carefully file them down until they are an easy fit and still locate the cover tighly tho
Gave up trying to refit the n/s access cover from above. Now I just get straight on with undoing the three holding bolts for the lamp unit. Yes, there is one under the wing but on my '04 model there is a space between the rear of the bumper and the front of the mudguard liner which is sufficient for an arm with a ratchet and socket. No need to disturb the liner.
At least I kept my temper which quickly evaporated when I tried working blind in the space between the battery and the back of the headlamp unit.
Or, if you have a power pack and can keep the ECU supplied with juice you could take out the battery......
At least I kept my temper which quickly evaporated when I tried working blind in the space between the battery and the back of the headlamp unit.
Or, if you have a power pack and can keep the ECU supplied with juice you could take out the battery......
Tis indeed the facelift mk1 shape.
I left it to be and decided to deal with the dead reversing light, which turned out to be half full of water with the bulb holder corroded to uselessness. Not clear on how to remove the unit to empty the water out either, as the manual lies horribly with that one as well.
I left it to be and decided to deal with the dead reversing light, which turned out to be half full of water with the bulb holder corroded to uselessness. Not clear on how to remove the unit to empty the water out either, as the manual lies horribly with that one as well.
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