Getting a headlight loose

SteveDallas · 12-12-2006, 02:17 PM

Yeah you're right about the vise grips. (This wasn't the brightest thing I ever tried.) (Probably not the stupidest either, tho.) The retaining ring is plastic and 1.5 or 2 inches in diameter, so the socket idea doesn't really help. The surface has ridges all the way around it for traction, but it doesn't help. (Of course the one on the other side just popped off immediately.)

Flint · 12-12-2006, 02:23 PM

Oh. Superglue a section of thin nylon rope around it, with a loose end pointing in both directions? (Sounds like fun, right?)

glatt · 12-12-2006, 02:24 PM

On my old car, the service manual said that to change the oil filter, you needed to remove the right front passenger wheel and the plastic body panel behind it to gain access to the oil filter. As a result, I didn't change the oil filter as often as I should have.

I know this doesn't help you at all, but cars have gotten ridiculous when you have to post to a message board to get help to change a light bulb.

12-12-2006, 02:23 PM	#2
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12-12-2006, 02:17 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Yeah you're right about the vise grips. (This wasn't the brightest thing I ever tried.) (Probably not the stupidest either, tho.) The retaining ring is plastic and 1.5 or 2 inches in diameter, so the socket idea doesn't really help. The surface has ridges all the way around it for traction, but it doesn't help. (Of course the one on the other side just popped off immediately.)

12-12-2006, 02:24 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	On my old car, the service manual said that to change the oil filter, you needed to remove the right front passenger wheel and the plastic body panel behind it to gain access to the oil filter. As a result, I didn't change the oil filter as often as I should have. I know this doesn't help you at all, but cars have gotten ridiculous when you have to post to a message board to get help to change a light bulb.

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