Disappearing front indicator

[Notsofastfrank]

Started washing my new purchase, and clunk - the nearside indicator fell back into the valance. My Chim is a pre-facelift with a metal mesh around the indicator.
It is easy enough to get at by removing the front grille, and it then appears to be a push fit back into the mesh. All was well I thought, until walking back to the car today there was a hole where the indicator should be, so the same thing has happened again.
Is there a locking ring missing or something?
Sorry if this has been asked before, but the search facility isn't working at the moment.

[.Mark]

It's just glued in, have 'lost' both of mine so far, Araldite makes sure it doesn't happen again.

[Notsofastfrank]

Glue - of course it is!

Thanks Mark, out with the Araldite tonight then!

[ralphy12345]

.Mark said:

It's just glued in, have 'lost' both of mine so far, Araldite makes sure it doesn't happen again.

Won't that affect your ability to change the bulbs later? On mine I had to remove the whole fitting in order to get the 'screw-on' back off, IIRC.

R

[BeastMaster]

Wired mine on with lock wire - through the mesh around the back of the fitting and back onto the mesh, have also used small cable ties before. - Andy

[.Mark]

ralphy12345 said:

.Mark said:

It's just glued in, have 'lost' both of mine so far, Araldite makes sure it doesn't happen again.

Won't that affect your ability to change the bulbs later? On mine I had to remove the whole fitting in order to get the 'screw-on' back off, IIRC.

R

TBH I don't know - I though the bulb came out the back of the housing? They are bonded in at the factory after all? Right?

[Notsofastfrank]

Checked before I glued mine in, the bulb holder unscrews from the back so can still be changed. I just used four dots of glue, so hopefully a sharp tap will knock it free if I ever need to change the whole unit.

[.Mark]

Notsofastfrank said:

Checked before I glued mine in, the bulb holder unscrews from the back so can still be changed. I just used four dots of glue, so hopefully a sharp tap will knock it free if I ever need to change the whole unit.

There you go. My research is complete

[ralphy12345]

Notsofastfrank said:

Checked before I glued mine in, the bulb holder unscrews from the back so can still be changed. I just used four dots of glue, so hopefully a sharp tap will knock it free if I ever need to change the whole unit.

I found it impossible to unscrew the holders on mine by hand (due to age and condition of them) so I had to remove the whole unit and use penetrating oil/brute force to get the two parts to unscrew. So I gave the parts a good clean up and used some grease to (hopefully) ensure they'll come apart again by hand.

R