I noticed that I had a rear indicator out on my Plus 4 on Sunday. I duly unscrewed the two screws holding on the lens in order to extricate the blown bulb ( assuming that was what it was) only for the whole bl88dy assembly to fall into my hands held in place purely by the wires. I can't for the life of me see how it was ever fixed to the car as the screws don't seem aligned at all with any marriage point...it looks to me that it was 'stuck' on...... any ideas?
Paul
Tuftie66 2008 Claret Red +4 Sports 2016 Mazda CX-3, Sport AWD.
The outer screws should fit into brass odd shaped flatted nuts that are pressed into the backplate, some times they drop out and fall behind the backplate. The backplates on both my indicators are fixed to the plastic housing by self tapping screws.
Remove the grey gasket and you should see either 2 screw heads or 2 small bolt heads (both types of fastener are used by MMC) if you undo these the lamp removes and you can see the 2 matching lugs cast into the plastic plinth. If these have been removed and as you suspect the lamp was glued on its probably because the plastic thread strips if over tightened (or splits) and they/someone have siliconed the lamp body on(not the first I have seen). The brass plugs as mentioned above are held in place by insulation tape which is crazy as they match up with a void in the plinths so once wet the tape falls off. I made up some 3mm ally backing plates for all my lamps to 'sandwhich' behind the lamps and hold the brass slugs in place....nice little winter job ;-).
Also try the "wiggle test". Reach under the wing and wiggle the wires going through to the light unit. Especially the black earth wire.on my '93 4/4 I had an intermittent/failing indicator and traced it to a poor earth connection. On dismantling I saw the earth wire pop rivetted to the lampholder and this was a loose fit. I had to drill out the rivet and repkace it. Bingo....indicator working again.
Also try the "wiggle test". Reach under the wing and wiggle the wires going through to the light unit. Especially the black earth wire.on my '93 4/4 I had an intermittent/failing indicator and traced it to a poor earth connection. On dismantling I saw the earth wire pop rivetted to the lampholder and this was a loose fit. I had to drill out the rivet and repkace it. Bingo....indicator working again.
I had one of those once. On... off... on again... off again... on again... off again...
Also try the "wiggle test". Reach under the wing and wiggle the wires going through to the light unit. Especially the black earth wire.on my '93 4/4 I had an intermittent/failing indicator and traced it to a poor earth connection. On dismantling I saw the earth wire pop rivetted to the lampholder and this was a loose fit. I had to drill out the rivet and repkace it. Bingo....indicator working again.
I had one of those once. On... off... on again... off again... on again... off again...
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