I read somewhere that some guy said he was pleased that it was so easy and he felt better after he "popped it in" (me too, but that's another story). Back to the subject at hand, my little triangular light with the exclamation point in the middle of my dash stayed on this morning and the message center on the left side of the dash said something about headlight bulb in "dipped position". I guess that means low beam.
Anyway, I was busy most of the day at work but finally found time to call the Volvo dealer late in the afternoon, thinking I could just swing by and have somebody "pop one in".
Well it didn't work that way. "Oh no! Not this afternoon! All my technicians are currently assigned and some have already punched out and gone home. Just bring it by in the morning and we'll get you out of here before 10:00 am".
Uh, I don't think so.
So I go by Pep Boys on my way home and pick up a bulb. Then I opened the hood, twisted a round plastic cap off the back of the headlight and looked in. There, inside a tiny housing not quite big enough for a human to stick his fingers in, was the back of the offending burned-out bulb. Attached to it was what appeared to be a snap-on plug with some small diameter electric wires. I pulled and poked and squeezed this plug and manipulated it as much as possible but it remained attached to the back of the light no matter what I did. Finally, I was afraid that if I used much more force I would break something.
I did notice, however, when I looked inside, that there appeared to be maybe a piece of spring type wire that was possibly holding things in tension - sort of like a mousetrap gizmo. There didn't seem to be any real easy way to grab hold of the thing and move it in the tiny space provided, but is this what I'm looking for?
Somebody who's done this a dozen times, help!
Pat