In message >, GT
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>> GT wrote:
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>>>> "R C Nesbit" > wrote in message
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>>>>> OK, I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the 156
>>>>> (facelift) has a blown front right/offside/drivers side
>>>>> bulb, and just to add to the fun, the same front
>>>>> right/offside/drivers side indicator bulb has also gone
>>>>> AWOL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Had a quick look-see tonight, in between hail/monsoon
>>>>> showers, and immediate thought was "**** ...... That!"
>>>>>
>>>>> Before I subject myself to hours of torture, skinned
>>>>> knuckles and lost ping-****its, any tips or general advice
>>>>> from the FOAK here?
>>>> Drive during daylight only and take 3 lefts instead of 1 right.
>>>> Alternatively, get taxi plates on the back, then you don't have to
>>>> signal any more. Still need to drive in daylight though.
>>>
>>> Actually, you could do something clever with duc tape and a mini-maglite
>>> to replace the sidelight bulb. Its going to be quicker too! This just
>>> leaves the broken indicator and we already know that taxi plates (fake of
>>> course) resolve that one, so that's the problem solved and the knuckles
>>> saved.
>>
>> How about a mini maglite, out of the window with orange filter?
>
>Just a glove out of the window was fine for my grandad!
>
>

I only ever did the passenger side sidelight, but it was pretty easy. Is
the driver's side more difficult? The only advice I can give is change
the bulb facing away from the car and reaching back.
--
Don Harding