henry67cox
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i need to change the indicator bulbs but can not get the light out
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9years later sorry,You can replace the bulbs from inside the boot (that's the intended way). It's a sod of a job and it helps if you have double-jointed/broken fingers.
There's a removeable panel with a quarter turn release catch on either side of the boot lining. Once that cover's off, you can just about see the back of the light cluster if you peer in the hole. There are three separate bulb holders (one each for indicator, stop/tail and either fog or reverse dependent upon which side you're looking at. Grab hold of the offending one and twist it (anticlockwise I think) about 1/8th of a turn. Mine were really stiff and difficult to remove because you can only just get your fingers on them. Then you have to pull quite hard to get it away from the main light cluster. There are no wires between the holder and light cluster - it relies on little metal tracks for contact between the two. I think it's these slightly corroding that makes it difficult to get them out.
Once out, you can twist the bulb out of its' little holder, then refit (which isn't easy because you can't see what you're doing). It's also very easy to drop the bulb holder into the void between inner and outer wings.
Best of luck!