Re: Roof Light Disassembly

["Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxx>]

You're fortunate; most have long since been damaged by removal and 
will not stay in place. The positions are off, on, delay. Off is in 
the center position. It is best to remove the fuse or disconnect the 
battery before working on it. When you do remove it you will see 
that it has a plastic spring-lock assembly that latches over the 
hard fiber board liner. That spring latch is on one side only - the 
other is stationary. The problem is that one cannot usually tell 
which way the light has been installed. The only way I have been 
successful is to carefully try to move the entire light mechanism 
one direction or the other. The direction it begins to move the most 
is against the spring-lock side. I push that way sufficiently enough 
to drop down the mechanism and loosen it in the liner. Then, I 
carefully pull down and loosen the other side as I bring the entire 
assembly down and out. Wires are connected - or should be, so it 
takes some careful wiggles and movement to dislodge it. BTW, the 
interior light under the rear window is supposed to be an identical 
assembly. These light bulbs rarely loose connection or burn out but 
rather, the wiring, door switches, or some other component is the 
reason for the fault. Does the rear interior light work properly? 
They are on the same circuit.

Harold McElraft - 3354

-- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Gary Weaver II" <gw2tulsa@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Strange Question...
> 
> Just HOW do you take the three position interior lamp apart? I 
want to check
> the front lamp to see if the bulb is out and I'll be damned if I 
can see how
> to do it.. The last thing I want to do is tear this thing up...
> 
> -Gary