JayT
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how the hell are you supposed to change your sidelight bulb on the front left of the corsa b, there is no room to get your hand behaind because of some stupid round black thing in the way lol! how do i change it, pics could be an advantage but no problem if none of you have any!
[Edited on 12-11-2006 by corsa boy Jay T]
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tom_simes
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You mean the drivers side?
That tube that goes to the airbox from the grille is held in with one screw, turn it a quarter turn and it pulls out.
Then remove the tube from the airbox, loads of space then.
Its easy once the tube is off.
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JayT
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nah the passenger side lol sorry
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tom_simes
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Do you mean this?
just have to manoveure your hand around it, its not too bad.
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JayT
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ye thats it mate, trust me, i have small hands and you cant get to it its a right cunt lol
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undo 2 bolts on the head light and pull it out. easy
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tom_simes
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You can get to it, cos I have done it on a 1.6 sport no problems, and there is a lot more room in that engine bay of yours.
Just take your time, and get a mate to have a go if you can't do it.
Otherwise, take it to the local garage tomorrow and pay about £5 to have it done, your choice.
Its fairly easy, which bit can't you do?
You can't get to it at all, or you can't actually turn it, it won't fit out of its holder because the PAS reservoir is in the way etc.
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JayT
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ye can get my fingers to it, but its hard to twist to pop it out if you get me!
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tom_simes
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It is a bit difficult to do mate, but not too bad.
To give you an idea, I changed both sidelights in mine, including removing and refitting the OE air feed in around 4 - 5 minutes, just keep trying.
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JayT
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lol i will do mate, cheers for the help any way pal!
by the way out of interest before i start up a new thread, i have noticed a small irritating problem!
whenever i am breaking to take a turn and my indicator is flashing my foglight flashes too for some strange reason! the fog light only flashes when breakeing and the indicator is on or braking when the reverse light is on! You know why this is?
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Mike
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It'll be a bad earth I had same after trying to sort my high level brake light which some muppet wired wrong way round. Just have to check wiring behind lights.
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JayT
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sorry mate but what is it that i have to do then?
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Mike
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Get your mate to sit in with brake on and indicate both ways to see which side isn't working right. (On mine drivers side was flicking between top half and bottom half). On mine wiring was dodgy near cluster and had come apart (which needed a bit of roadside soldering  ) just remove cover to get to the bulb holder then check for broken wires. If there are none, find the earth point (generally bolted to body) unbolt it and clean the connection then refit and recheck.
[Edited on 12-11-2006 by Subtle_SXi]
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JayT
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come to think of it one of my rear lights does seem to be less bright as the other, not tried with the brakes on though!
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Mike
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That's most likely the problem one then. Seems to be quite common on corsas. If it's not as bright I would more suspect a bad earth than broken wire. Although you never know.
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JayT
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what should i check then
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Remove the cover in the boot so you can see the wiring. I can't remember what colour the earth is on mine (I could have a look tomorrow if needed) but it should go to a bolt on the body somewhere in that corner. Just remove the bolt if there is any rust either on the connecter or the bolt clean it off with sand paper then bolt it back on. If they seem clean it could be the wire at fault. Do you have any electrical testing tools? If not just try bridging the original wire with a new piece of wire. (You'll Most likely find some lying around).
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JayT
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ok then cheers for that mate, il have a look when im off on tuesday!
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ckallis500
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a friends car had the same problem a while ago, it had lexus lights fitted and whoever fitted them put the wrong bulbs in lol, there was single element bulbs where there was supposed to be double element ones, its worth having a check lol...
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JayT
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ye these are lexus lights, but i have the correct double filiment bulbs in though! may just be a case of swappind bubs over lol!
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ckallis500
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just make sure the corrects bulbs are in there and that none of the connectors are corroded, good place to start...
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