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Re: [Healeys] Bulb holder issue

To: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Bulb holder issue
From: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:13:33 -0500
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Ira--

Thanks and that's what I did with the first bulb. However I do not consider
that to be a viable solution and I should not have to break a bulb to
remove it, esp. if it is not defective.  I'm thinking about a little rubber
funnel or something that will grip the bulb while ai push and turn, but
have not come up with the proper tool yet.

Dave Porter just responded:  A 1.5 inch long fuel/coolant hose...presto
chango.

Best--Michael Oritt


On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 5:03 PM i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:

> what I have done in other applications i break the glass and then use a
> needle nosed pliers to grab the base push and turn it out.
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
>       _______                                  _______
>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>          (_________________________)
>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
>
>
> 1967 MGB  [image: MG]
>
> A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:56 PM Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have been struggling with the removal/replacement of the halogen
>> taillight bulbs on my car. I simply cannot get q good enough grip on the
>> bulb to push/turn and remove it from the bayonet socket.  Unlike later cars
>> the glass lens on the 100 is almost flat, the bulb is straight with no
>> shoulder and does not project very far beyond the surface of the
>> receptacle.
>>
>> I'm sure there is a trick here--can anyone share it with me?
>>
>> Best--Michael Oritt
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Ira--=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:#3333ff">Thanks and that&#39;s what I=
 did with=C2=A0the first bulb. However I do not consider that=C2=A0to be a =
viable solution and I should not have to break=C2=A0a bulb to remove it, es=
p. if it is not defective.=C2=A0 I&#39;m thinking about a little rubber fun=
nel or something that=C2=A0will grip the bulb while ai push and turn, but h=
ave not come up with the proper tool yet.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default"=
 style=3D"color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"co=
lor:#3333ff">Dave Porter just responded:=C2=A0=C2=A0<span style=3D"color:rg=
b(34,34,34)">A 1.5 inch long fuel/coolant hose...presto chango.</span></div=
><br><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best-=
-Michael Oritt</div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 5:03 PM i erbs &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com<=
/a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><=
div dir=3D"ltr">what I have done in other applications i break the glass an=
d then use a needle nosed pliers=C2=A0to grab the base push and turn it out=
.<br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"=
ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Ira Erbs<div>Portl=
and,OR</div><div><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,ser=
if">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 _______ =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0_______</span><br style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif=
"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=
=A0=C2=A0 (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)</span><br style=3D"font-famil=
y:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times=
 New Roman&quot;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (________________=
_________)</span></div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 BT7 engine a=
nd disk brakes</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1967 MGB =C2=A0<img =
src=3D"http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg"; al=
t=3D"MG"></div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-=
family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px=
">A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</sp=
an><br></div><div>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words</=
div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div=
></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 1:56 PM Michael Oritt=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">michael.o=
ritt@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:=
rgb(51,51,255)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Aria=
l,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I have been struggling w=
ith the removal/replacement of the halogen taillight bulbs on my car.=C2=A0=
</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,=
Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I simply cannot get q good enough=
 grip on the bulb to push/turn and remove it from the bayonet socket.=C2=A0=
 Unlike later cars the glass lens on the 100 is almost flat, the bulb is st=
raight with no shoulder and does not project very far beyond the surface of=
 the receptacle.=C2=A0</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:V=
erdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style=3D"=
color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-se=
rif;font-size:13px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,=
Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I&#39;m sure there i=
s a trick here--can anyone share it with me?</span><br></div><div class=3D"=
gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,3=
4,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:=
13px"><br></span></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,5=
1,255)"><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma=
,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best--Michael Oritt</span></div>=
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