headlight replacement question

[Riff Raff]

Heres a vid I put together a couple years ago on headlight replacement. not the best but it shows you the basics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqmcl...e_gdata_player

Nice video, Eric. The only thing I would add is to always wear "Hospital Latex Gloves" when handling any kind of automotive light bulbs. The gloves will prevent any fingerprint oil from touching the bulbs outer surface which may result in premature failure.

[DeanMan]

For the life of me I cannot get the first step done... pinching the sides to unlock the plug. My fingers are bleeding. I can't even find a photo on the web to show exactly what/where I'm supposed to be trying for. Any other suggestions? I'm afraid to do it at Jiffy Lube and end up having them give me a handful of broken plastic bits!

[JAMAS]

You will have to fiddle with it a little, but there is just a small pin that is about the size of a bent paper clip.

I believe the steps are:
Disconnect cable
Remove black rubber seal
Remove pin
Pull bulb

[mrtew]

For the life of me I cannot get the first step done... pinching the sides to unlock the plug. My fingers are bleeding. I can't even find a photo on the web to show exactly what/where I'm supposed to be trying for. Any other suggestions? I'm afraid to do it at Jiffy Lube and end up having them give me a handful of broken plastic bits!

You squeeze in the sides of the plug right behind the rubber boot thing. It's a black rectangular box shaped plug and you squeeze in the short end sides of it and pull. It comes off pretty easy really if you do it right!