Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
In article <uvLX7.145971$8w3.30591607@typhoon.kc.rr.com>, "LXIX"
<post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid> writes: >helpful hint. > >To make the bulb last longer don't handle it with your fingers. >..this is more important for headlamp bulbs.. And if you hose down the engine regularly (as in removing mud and such) and get water on the underside of the hood, you'll get very adept at replacing that light bulb. * * * Matt Macchiarolo www.townpeddler.com www.wolverine4wd.org http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> In article <uvLX7.145971$8w3.30591607@typhoon.kc.rr.com>, "LXIX" > <post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid> writes: > >> helpful hint. >> >> To make the bulb last longer don't handle it with your fingers. >> ..this is more important for headlamp bulbs.. > > And if you hose down the engine regularly (as in removing mud and such) and > get water on the underside of the hood, you'll get very adept at replacing > that light bulb. Remember to clean and fill that connector with dilectric grease or the wires will corrode from the heat/moisture. |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
Yep, I've replaced bulb on my '02 TJ 3 times. I finally learned to tape a
plastic baggie around the underhood light, before hosing. Tom "Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message news:20030729172513.23307.00001819@mb-m29.aol.com... > In article <uvLX7.145971$8w3.30591607@typhoon.kc.rr.com>, "LXIX" > <post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid> writes: > > >helpful hint. > > > >To make the bulb last longer don't handle it with your fingers. > >..this is more important for headlamp bulbs.. > > And if you hose down the engine regularly (as in removing mud and such) and > get water on the underside of the hood, you'll get very adept at replacing that > light bulb. > * * * > Matt Macchiarolo > www.townpeddler.com > www.wolverine4wd.org > http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html > > > > |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time.
Three years and never had to replace it. Regards, DAve |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
Do what I do. Put the bulb in your tool box, the one in your garage. I
personally do not see the utility of these under hood lights. What am I going to do, check the oil at 3 AM? How much use is it going to be in case of a breakdown? If you actually intend to perform repairs on the road side or trail, you are going to have a tool box and a real source of light, aren't you? Earle "Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om... > I still don't trust it. > > It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when > the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy. > > DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>... > > I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time. > > Three years and never had to replace it. > > > > Regards, > > > > DAve |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
"Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
news:bg90pk$k3s0k$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de... > Do what I do. Put the bulb in your tool box, the one in your garage. I > personally do not see the utility of these under hood lights. What am I > going to do, check the oil at 3 AM? How much use is it going to be in case > of a breakdown? If you actually intend to perform repairs on the road side > or trail, you are going to have a tool box and a real source of light, > aren't you? > > Earle It was really handy to me when I got a flat at midnight in the middle of no-where. Larry |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
Around here in the winter it is dark going to work
and dark going home from work. Just checking the oil on the way to work or on the way home is a good reason to have the light. Heck even to refill the windshield washer fluid (which by the way is a frequent event during winter) Earle Horton wrote: > Do what I do. Put the bulb in your tool box, the one in your garage. I > personally do not see the utility of these under hood lights. What am I > going to do, check the oil at 3 AM? How much use is it going to be in case > of a breakdown? If you actually intend to perform repairs on the road side > or trail, you are going to have a tool box and a real source of light, > aren't you? > > Earle > > "Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om... > >>I still don't trust it. >> >>It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when >>the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy. >> >>DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message > > news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>... > >>>I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time. >>>Three years and never had to replace it. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>DAve >> > > |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
It you don't trust the switch to turn the lights off, then you need to get
your wire cutters out. "Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om... > I still don't trust it. > > It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when > the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy. > > DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>... > > I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time. > > Three years and never had to replace it. > > > > Regards, > > > > DAve |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
> It you don't trust the switch to turn the lights off, then you need to get
> your wire cutters out. Appears to be on Fuse 24 in the engine compartment fuse box if I am reading the schematics correctly. Fuse 24 also covers the under dash courtesy lamps and dome light. FYI JELo -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
Re: How to Change Engine Compartment Light
It's not a switch though is it?
When I opened it up, it's some sort of metal flap that flops onto the connection when the hood is up. The second a bit of corrosion enters or something buggers up the movement of that you have instant battery woes. No? "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<vig9bjqa001s5b@corp.supernews.com>... > It you don't trust the switch to turn the lights off, then you need to get > your wire cutters out. > > > > "Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om... > > I still don't trust it. > > > > It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when > > the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy. > > > > DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message > news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>... > > > I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time. > > > Three years and never had to replace it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > DAve |
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