Date:         Sat, 7 Aug 2010 17:16:29 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: blue foil false alarm
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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At 02:29 PM 8/7/2010 Saturday, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>I'll say one thing, though, and that is that VW could have hardly
>made this bulb more difficult to replace.  It's good that the
>cluster removes in ten minutes because it lulls you into thinking
>you'll be finished in twenty.  Reality is somewhat different;
>exasperating, frustrating and one of those three-handed jobs in
>tight quarters, and that's with the cluster on the bench in front of
>you in good light and air conditioning.  Now, onward to state inspection!

One of us is missing something about this situation.  Granted I've
done it before, but I'll wager that I could (if hard-pressed) do the
entire job in fifteen minutes, and I can't for the life of me
remember any particular difficulties dealing with the thing on the
bench.  Unless I'm remembering all wrong you take off the black
plastic backing-piece, pop the flexible circuit loose in 2-3 places
and it's all laid out in front of you.  While you're in there you put
brighter LEDs in for the oil and alternator (extra few minutes for
that because you have to bend the leads to match and make sure the
polarity is correct).  What am I forgetting?

Yours,
David