How to change an indicator bulb in a Sagaris
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To make life easier for those who have the misfortune of changing a bulb for the first time (in a 15 year old car!), a guide.
1) Realise you have an indicator out, whilst driving to The Supercar Event and swear.
2) Find out it's the front nearside. Swear again.
3) Have a guddle around near hot radiators with your mobile phone torch (in bright sunshine), before the sinking feeling hits you again.
4) In your own leisure, dig out the excellent book by Mr Varley and the sinking feeling returns.
5) Go the the local car parts place for just a bulb.
6) Exit the local car parts place with two bulbs, car shampoo, chassis cleaner, a low rise jack you've always promised yourself and a number of other things.
7) Look outside at Storm Miguel and try to figure out how you are going to do this.
8) Shuffle cars around, until you can actually fit in between the garage wall and the car.
9) Have a huge amount of difficulty getting the locking nut off.
10) Use your lovely new low rise jack - something works!
11) Experience the sinking feeling again as you see how much sealant has been used.
12) Cut the sealant, and uncover the screws, congratulating yourself on bringing both flat and cross head screwdrivers from the toolbox in the other garage.
13) Rip gloves along the way.
14) Swear, and return to the other garage with both screwdrivers, to get an allen key.
15) Swear, and return to the other garage with the allen key to get a smaller one.
16) Swear, and return to the other garage with the allen key to get a smaller one.
17) Remove bolts and lift off cover.
18) Remove old bulb, and replace with the same replacement (SERIOUSLY NOW - a ten to five bulb, not the six o'clock type. You know, with the location of the bayonet on the body).
19) Test function by locking the car.
20) Cross-thread one bolt going back in, and fix that.
21) Rip gloves again.
22) Get an old tube of silk flex in black AND PRAISE THE STARS IT'S STILL ABLE TO BE USED.
23) Knacker another pair of gloves sealing the cover.
24) Mount the wheel
25) Deafen, and scare the bejesus out of yourself when the alarm goes off because you forgot to de-arm it testing indicator function.
26) Use your amazing low-rise jack (seriously, why the feck did I not get one years ago???).
27) Clear up all the rubbish, multiple gloves and congratulate yourself.
28) Start looking around for replacement wheel bolts as you can't be arsed to play around with locking wheel nuts any more.
29) Wonder why an indicator bulb replacement is actually going to cost you ~£150 in total.
1) Realise you have an indicator out, whilst driving to The Supercar Event and swear.
2) Find out it's the front nearside. Swear again.
3) Have a guddle around near hot radiators with your mobile phone torch (in bright sunshine), before the sinking feeling hits you again.
4) In your own leisure, dig out the excellent book by Mr Varley and the sinking feeling returns.
5) Go the the local car parts place for just a bulb.
6) Exit the local car parts place with two bulbs, car shampoo, chassis cleaner, a low rise jack you've always promised yourself and a number of other things.
7) Look outside at Storm Miguel and try to figure out how you are going to do this.
8) Shuffle cars around, until you can actually fit in between the garage wall and the car.
9) Have a huge amount of difficulty getting the locking nut off.
10) Use your lovely new low rise jack - something works!
11) Experience the sinking feeling again as you see how much sealant has been used.
12) Cut the sealant, and uncover the screws, congratulating yourself on bringing both flat and cross head screwdrivers from the toolbox in the other garage.
13) Rip gloves along the way.
14) Swear, and return to the other garage with both screwdrivers, to get an allen key.
15) Swear, and return to the other garage with the allen key to get a smaller one.
16) Swear, and return to the other garage with the allen key to get a smaller one.
17) Remove bolts and lift off cover.
18) Remove old bulb, and replace with the same replacement (SERIOUSLY NOW - a ten to five bulb, not the six o'clock type. You know, with the location of the bayonet on the body).
19) Test function by locking the car.
20) Cross-thread one bolt going back in, and fix that.
21) Rip gloves again.
22) Get an old tube of silk flex in black AND PRAISE THE STARS IT'S STILL ABLE TO BE USED.
23) Knacker another pair of gloves sealing the cover.
24) Mount the wheel
25) Deafen, and scare the bejesus out of yourself when the alarm goes off because you forgot to de-arm it testing indicator function.
26) Use your amazing low-rise jack (seriously, why the feck did I not get one years ago???).
27) Clear up all the rubbish, multiple gloves and congratulate yourself.
28) Start looking around for replacement wheel bolts as you can't be arsed to play around with locking wheel nuts any more.
29) Wonder why an indicator bulb replacement is actually going to cost you ~£150 in total.
Sagi Badger said:
Halfords fit bulbs.... now there is a giggle, reckon they couldn’t manage that but I am not sure I would let them near mine anyway.
I once took my daily toyota corolla to halfords to replace the headlight bulb. Was planning on just buying the bulb and doing it myself but when they asked at the counter if i would like someone to fit it, i said "why not". Assuming that they could probably do it quicker than i could.2 hours later, lots of muffled swearing and just about the whole Halfords workforce, the bulb was changed. The seal however was not put back correctly, allowing moisture to get into the headlight unit.
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