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Subject:Re: Headlamp re-install
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Sun, 6 Oct 2013 11:08:45 -0400

There is no need to disturb the adjusters when removing/replacing a bulb.
 Just remove the four screws holding the assembly in place.
  Then support it while you loosen the connectors to both lights.  The
connectors may be stiff and sticky.  If you are only replacing the bulb for
the low beam, you can leave the high beam connected and hold the assembly
up while you deal with it.
   You need to learn this procedure so that you can do it in the dark when
traveling.  You do carry a spare bulb, don't you?   :-)
BTDT

Larry A.

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 4:23 PM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can someone explain to me how the headlamps go back together? It's 2 weeks
> since I took it apart and now I've forgotten. I have the headlamp unit, a
> round black plastic thing and the new bulb.
> Does the bulb go in first or the black thing? Does it matter which way
> around the bulb goes? Should I end up with the socket straight side up or
> curved side up? Does the black thing somehow hold in the bulb, and if so,
> how? I'm not about to remove the other headlamp and break all the adjusters
> to find out.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> David ('87 Wolfsburg)
>