howto replace front parking/marker lite for 94 pickup?

Hi folks -

The right front marker light on my '94 pickup is burned out and i'm
finding myself challenged as to how to replace. The two obvious
screws loosen the entire housing for the unit, but it seems to be
still attached to the front grill. The lens doesn't wont to separate
from the housing. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

- jim

pull towards you as hard as you can.... there are 2 pins holding it
in... they look like



pin hole

| |

:::::::() ( )


it should pop out.... dont worry it wont break





JeB wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi folks -
>
> The right front marker light on my '94 pickup is burned out and i'm
> finding myself challenged as to how to replace. The two obvious
> screws loosen the entire housing for the unit, but it seems to be
> still attached to the front grill. The lens doesn't wont to separate
> from the housing. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?
>
> - jim[/color]

On 19 Feb 2006 16:20:21 -0800, "Pop-N-Fresh"
<linux.server@charter.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
>pull towards you as hard as you can.... there are 2 pins holding it
>in... they look like
>
>
>
>pin hole
>
> | |
>
>:::::::() ( )
>
>
>it should pop out.... dont worry it wont break
>
>[/color]

The pins are holding the lens to the housing or the housing to the
truck body or front grill?

the pins are linked to the front grille. I would get something like a
plastic wedge or something and put it between the lamp and the grille
and slowly wedge it apart. Once you get it apart enough so that you can
get your fingertips in, then use your hands to pop it open. Remember to
go slowly with this, the lens is pretty easy to break. Hope that helps
some.

the pins are linked to the front grille or at least I think I remember
they were linked to the front grille. Regardless though I would get
something like a plastic wedge or something and put it between the lamp
and the grille and slowly wedge it apart. Once you get it apart enough
so that you can get your fingertips in, then use your hands to pop it
open. Remember to go slowly with this, the lens is pretty easy to
break. Hope that helps some.

its all metal.... just pull until they pop out of the grill
its really simple and nothing is gonna break
i just yanked the shit outta mine and there fine



yippie wrote:[color=blue]
> the pins are linked to the front grille or at least I think I remember
> they were linked to the front grille. Regardless though I would get
> something like a plastic wedge or something and put it between the lamp
> and the grille and slowly wedge it apart. Once you get it apart enough
> so that you can get your fingertips in, then use your hands to pop it
> open. Remember to go slowly with this, the lens is pretty easy to
> break. Hope that helps some.[/color]

First off.... everything is NOT metal.... The pins themselves are metal, so
you don't have to worry about actually breaking the pins... but everything
around the pins are chrome plated plastic... it's not hard to break either
the grill of the corner light plastic base.... the pins are built into the
base of the corner light, and the pins slip into the grill.... you could
even use a slotted screwdriver to "gently" pry it off, even though the pins
are brass, they are know to corode to a certain extent and can be in there
if they havn't been removed since 1994....
Ian


"Pop-N-Fresh" <linux.server@charter.net> wrote in message
news:1140428164.896494.140710@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> its all metal.... just pull until they pop out of the grill
> its really simple and nothing is gonna break
> i just yanked the shit outta mine and there fine
>
>
>
> yippie wrote:[color=green]
> > the pins are linked to the front grille or at least I think I remember
> > they were linked to the front grille. Regardless though I would get
> > something like a plastic wedge or something and put it between the lamp
> > and the grille and slowly wedge it apart. Once you get it apart enough
> > so that you can get your fingertips in, then use your hands to pop it
> > open. Remember to go slowly with this, the lens is pretty easy to
> > break. Hope that helps some.[/color]
>[/color]

Ok ... thanx to all for the replies. I'll go give it a tug. The lens
seems to have been peppered with a bunch of rock or something and
has a bunch of small cracks so I'm a bit nervous about this but I do
need to replace the light.

- jb

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:38:42 GMT, "EasyE" <ezeuconn@hotmail.com>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>First off.... everything is NOT metal.... The pins themselves are metal, so
>you don't have to worry about actually breaking the pins... but everything
>around the pins are chrome plated plastic... it's not hard to break either
>the grill of the corner light plastic base.... the pins are built into the
>base of the corner light, and the pins slip into the grill.... you could
>even use a slotted screwdriver to "gently" pry it off, even though the pins
>are brass, they are know to corode to a certain extent and can be in there
>if they havn't been removed since 1994....
>Ian
>
>
>"Pop-N-Fresh" <linux.server@charter.net> wrote in message
>news:1140428164.896494.140710@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>> its all metal.... just pull until they pop out of the grill
>> its really simple and nothing is gonna break
>> i just yanked the shit outta mine and there fine
>>
>>
>>
>> yippie wrote:[color=darkred]
>> > the pins are linked to the front grille or at least I think I remember
>> > they were linked to the front grille. Regardless though I would get
>> > something like a plastic wedge or something and put it between the lamp
>> > and the grille and slowly wedge it apart. Once you get it apart enough
>> > so that you can get your fingertips in, then use your hands to pop it
>> > open. Remember to go slowly with this, the lens is pretty easy to
>> > break. Hope that helps some.[/color]
>>[/color]
>[/color]