I know, what the hell am I thinking, right?
But I did it just for the hell of it.
Thing is, can anyone tell me if my car is going to catch on fire? lol
The Ford interior lights have little wire rings that fit around some little metal prongs that hold the bulb in place. I didn't know this when I bought the replacement parts.
The replacement bulb has no little loops to hold the bulb in place, but rather just metal tips on each end of the bulb.
They don't really stay in place between the metal pieces that hold the bulb. So, I took a small screw driver and made a small hole in each end of the metal prongs so the metal tips on the bulb fit and stay in place. :)
It seems to work. No fires. Yet.
I'm not anticipating any problems, but when I went to start the car, it just went click click click. Seems the battery died. Or killed itself in protest. I tried to jump it and it couldn't be brought back to life. Funny that should happen today.
Thanks for listening.
Brad