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Lightbulbs & hammers - i.e. F*cking Passats (long) - was Re: Tree Sap
sounds like your problem is that you don't have E-code
lights.. do you??? the parking and turn signal are
completely separate, unless i mis-understand the
issue, lemme know if you would like some help getting
E-code lights, i have channels, thanks!! lars
--- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > > Cathy, I changed out the head light bulbs on
> the mk4
> > without
> > > removing the battery, but now I have lost all
> feeling
> > in my left had
> > > from the 1/2in space inwhich to squeeze my hand
> into.
> > But the
> > > Silverstars make a world of difference compared
> to the
> > H7's
> > > tonee
> > >
> > LOL, too funny, but I have the obligation to
> inform you
> > that there is a new
> > contender in the fight against newer VW
> lightbulbs, that
> > being our familiar
> > friend Mr. Daun Yeagley III. He can tell you how
> much fun
> > they are too, but
> > expect the subject to change to "Fucking Passats".
> (and
> > not in a tender,
> > loving way either). I'm expecting it will be as
> good a
> > post as "how I put
> > the hammer through the window of the house
> changing out a
> > throttle body".
> > At least as good...Daun?
> >
> > Cathy, living vicariously through the disasters of
> > others...
>
> Oooooh, you just HAD to bring that up didn't you?
> While
> you're at it, why don't you "give me a papercut and
> pour
> lemon juice on it." (Name that movie!)
>
> Ummm, yeah. So let me see if I can un-repress this
> memory
> of last week's horrid adventures in parking light
> bulb
> replacements in B4 passats. Nevermind that I was
> thinking
> I was changing turn signal bulbs.
>
> As of late, when using the right turn signal in the
> Passat,
> it's been clicking fast, like there's a bulb out.
> Sure
> enough, the right bulb in the wrap-around behind the
> headlight is not lighting up, no biggie. Removed
> offending
> bulb, ran to the FLAPS to pick up a two pack of
> bulbs and
> proceeded to attempt replacement. Bulb in socket,
> turn on
> turn signal - no light. Huh? Ok, the left side
> doesn't
> blink either. Notice that the blinking light is in
> the
> bumper only? Also note that the right bulb in the
> bumper
> actually does flash, but it's very dim? Lovely
> German
> wiring, and this car's only 8 years old. Great.
> Dummy,
> it's the parking lights that I've been pricking
> with.
> Fine, put the left side back in... nope, managed
> to
> knock the bulb out of the socket. No problem, I
> have a
> spare. Hmmm, ok, gotta remove the battery for my
> hand to
> be able to twist in the proper direction...
> still
> can't. Oh, and I need to remove lens from the
> outside of
> the car to fish out the now dead bulb I knocked out
> of
> socket. Oh great, the lens delaminated. But at
> least I
> got the bulb back in the lens assembly, and the
> assembly
> (save lens cover) back on the car. Back to the
> right side.
>
> I then proceed to twist my hand into directions it
> should
> not bend to get the bulb in the holder. Sh*t, the
> new bulb
> fell out and is now MIA in the bowels of the front
> cross
> member. Screw it, finally get the bulb's holder
> back into
> the lens assembly, sans bulb.
>
> So that's how my Passat currently stands. No lens
> cover on
> the driver's side, and no bulb in the passenger
> side. And
> the turn signal still flashes fast when turning
> right.
>
> Just for your amusement (while you're laughing at
> me,
> thanks Mike & Cathy), here's a reprint of the
> September 3,
> 2003 post I made to the list concerning hammers:
>
>
> I've been having some trouble with the throttle body
> on the
> '86 sticking a little in the "idle" position.
> Solution?
> Replace it with another TB that's laying around
> here.
> Should be an easy 15 minute project.
>
> Oh no. Not for me.
>
> I figured I'd be reaaaaally careful not to round
> those
> little hex bolts, tapping the wrench in with a
> hammer &
> all... worked for two of the four. The front two
> bolts
> rounded right off without noticable hesitation.
>
> Fine. Solution number one, find a slightly larger
> standard
> allen wrench and tap THAT in there. Tapped &
> tapped, got
> it in there real tight and.... rounded right off,
> again,
> without much hesitation.
>
> Solution number two, vice grips. Not a chance in
> hell,
> just slipped off the bolt.
>
> Ok, try solution one again. Tapped & tapped and....
>
> threw the hammer off into the grass next to the car.
> How
> in the HELL it bounced the way it did I haven't a
> clue, but
> it proceeded to go airborne about six feet and into
> the
> living room window.
>
> F*CK.
>
> I gave up for the night.
>
>
>
> At least I'm having better luck working on this poor
> '86
> this week. The "diagnose the assrunning condition"
> has
> turned into injector o-rings / cam / timing belt /
> tensioner / passenger engine mount replacement.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco 16v '88 Scirocco Slegato
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save
> all the parts - Ehrlich's Law.
>
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