Thanks everyone,

        Clearly I'm not the  first one to mess this up!  I now can open it easily thanks to to the tips.  The trick for me was to know to press the tabs in toward the center.  And to know that the single tab on each short side is between the end pieces.  Unfortunately someone broke off one end probably prying at it with a screw driver.  Sadly, probably what I would have  tried if I didn't have this list!

It is so easy now that I've done it once.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto 

On Jul 10, 2014, at 7:08 PM, William Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote:

> Eric
> The back of the taillight is held to the lense part by a couple tabs on each end. You will feel the tips of these tabs and then pull away from the housing. There should be two on each end. The bulbs go thru a hole in a reflector that's part of the lense assembly. 
> You may have to hold the back kinda square to the housing when pulling off. It's pretty durable set up. The rubber is covering the electrical connectors. 
> The back piece that comes off hold the bulbs. This same part that holds the bulbs 
> is maybe three quarters of an thick. 
> It's reads like there is more to it and than there actually is. 
> 
> Bill 
> 
> On Thursday, July 10, 2014, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Volks,
> 
>         four screws removed and the large plastic tail light is in my hands.  Now what?  Does this whole thing come apart somehow or is everything really under the rubber boot. I'm waiting for tips as the small missing piece of plastic in the inside corner tells me that even a sighted previous owner had a problem.
> 
> so how do I get this thing apart to change a bulb?
> 
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
> 
> 
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