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Re: [Healeys] Bulb holder issue

To: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Bulb holder issue
From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:57:18 -0500
Cc: Austin Healey <healeys@autox.team.net>
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I have had some success in removing the bulb after pulling gently on 2 of
the wires behind, not including the ground wire. So doing helps in pressing
the bulb in allowing it to rotate.

M

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 4:56 PM Michael Oritt, <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have been struggling with the removal/replacement of the halogen
> taillight bulbs on my car. I simply cannot get q good enough grip on the
> bulb to push/turn and remove it from the bayonet socket.  Unlike later cars
> the glass lens on the 100 is almost flat, the bulb is straight with no
> shoulder and does not project very far beyond the surface of the
> receptacle.
>
> I'm sure there is a trick here--can anyone share it with me?
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
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<div dir=3D"auto">I have had some success in removing the bulb after pullin=
g gently on 2 of the wires behind, not including the ground wire. So doing =
helps in pressing the bulb in allowing it to rotate.<div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto">M</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 4:56 PM Michael Oritt, =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com";>michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,3=
4,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:=
13px">I have been struggling with the removal/replacement of the halogen ta=
illight bulbs on my car.=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);fon=
t-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I s=
imply cannot get q good enough grip on the bulb to push/turn and remove it =
from the bayonet socket.=C2=A0 Unlike later cars the glass lens on the 100 =
is almost flat, the bulb is straight with no shoulder and does not project =
very far beyond the surface of the receptacle.=C2=A0</span><br style=3D"col=
or:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif=
;font-size:13px"><br style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial=
,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(=
34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-s=
ize:13px">I&#39;m sure there is a trick here--can anyone share it with me?<=
/span><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><span =
style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Genev=
a,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" =
style=3D"color:#3333ff"><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verd=
ana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best--Michael Or=
itt</span></div></div>
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