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Easy bulb replacement at the roadside!

Here is my tip ... Shocked

As the headlamps (and grill) have to be removed to change a bulb Rolling with laughter and in Europe this is normally done in the dark at the roadside ....

... keep a piece of string in with your spare bulbs, to easily pull up the outside headlamp clips!

(The inside clips have lots of room for your fingers to get beneath, but the outside ones are a tight fit Embarassed )

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(and while you've got the grill and one headlamp out - squirt a bit of WD40 on the other one as well for next time)

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nice Tip Thumbs Up Ive greased all mine & they're still pretty tight Thumbs Up
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always keep half an old metal coathanger in the toolbox

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easier with a cable tie Whistle
  
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Good tip, but I carry a tool kit just because its a D3
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Well since I introduced the string, I've got the Land Rover Assistance vehicle to stop following me!
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Had this issue at the weekend.

Pain in the Censored .

Tried cable ties and they just ripped.

In the end I used a length of Weed-Wacker cable stuff as had some in the shed.

Wish I had seen this thread as didnt even think about greasing them for next time.
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I tried changing a fuse in the passenger side with a piece of string- after I dropped the tweezers into the black hole Mr. Green, didn't work.
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M3DPO wrote:
I tried changing a fuse in the passenger side with a piece of string- after I dropped the tweezers into the black hole Mr. Green, didn't work.


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M3DPO wrote:
... after I dropped the tweezers into the black hole Mr. Green, didn't work.


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For those of you who have a dog, I today used a standard dog lead to pull a particulary stubborn clip up.

Clip the dog lead onto the light cluster clip - and pull the lead straight upwards. Nice lead to grab onto and the metal clip sits nice and square.

Ideal - especially if you have a dog in the car late at night when your bulb blows....
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It's a Land Rover, why wouldn't you carry a bit of string around?

I keep mine rolled up inside the reel of Gaffer tape. Whistle

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