I was wondering if anyone here knew the trick to removing the tail light lens from a Ford superduty.
I took the two screws loose from the tailgate side, that’s all I can see, but the lens housing seems bound by some unseen tabs opposite the screws.
What do I do, give it a good yank?
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<What do I do, give it a good yank?>
You mean like Piffin?
Forrest - Chevy light wouldna' burnt out
Are you saying there's such a thing as a 'good' yank?
Heck - Chevy light never worked inna first place...
I just took the lens off one of our trucks yesterday to install a tailgate dampener. Once those 2 screws were out, I just pulled the lens free of the plastic tabs without any problem.
Well, I was afraid to pull and break something that wasn't supposed to be broken.
Tomorrow I will pull harder and see what happens. Should I pull straight out, or rotate the lens housing away from the screw mounts?
I was able to pop it free by pulling it straight out, Heck. There are some tabs holding the lens assembly in place, plus a few pins that seem to be used to register it in the correct position, so make sure you don't break those off. BTW, we're talking about a newer ('99 on up) Super-Duty, right?
Edited 9/18/2008 10:36 pm ET by gregb
Yep, mine is a 2000, first bulb that's burned out.
On a ford, a hacksaw works best, to remove that lens.
What a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power, to reason away
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What brand of hacksaw?
Any hacksaw in the $4.99 bin at the hardware store.
What a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power, to reason away
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Bi metal blade, or just carbon steel?
Carbon steel.If you use the bi, your truck will either end up confused about it's, um... lifestyle.Or you'll have to start feeding it crazy pills.
What a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power, to reason away
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American made, or off shore steel?
(quit pickin on my ford!)
I can't believe no one has suggested the multimaster...
You mean you can still get american made ?
What a fool believes he sees
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Yep.
In the 4.99 bin.
Get out there and take that lens off, already !So I can stop bumping this thread.
What a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power, to reason away
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As a GM guy who now drives a Dodge and has fond memories of a 1962 Corvair Greenbiar van (which, by the way, had roll-down windows in the cargo area 40 years before Mazda called them "new"), I'd say go to your local Pep Boys (or whatever you have in your area) and buy a Haynes manual for your vehicle. You may never use 90% of it, but it almost always has the answers to questions like this.John in Pittsburgh
You're right, but then what would everyone here tease me about?
Try http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forums30/ . These are super duty guys that have "been there" I havent owned a vehicle that didnt have quirks and I know you havent either. I love my Ford F250 that replaced my Chev 1500 that replaced my VW pickup(you could read the sidewall letttering on the big rig next to you at a stop light).I still love that ole VW.
Thanks, I put that site in my favorites, I get the feeling I may be needing it as my superduty passes 153K miles.
The F150 before this one went 250k.
Had a 'Datsun' (remember them?) go 108K way back when. As far as I know, that one is still running.
I actually used a saber saw on my wife's old Gremlin, to change out the headlight. The bezel was held in place with Torx screws that stripped out, so I cut out the inner part of the bezel.
There is no absurdity that human beings will not resort to in order to defend another absurdity. -- Cicero
This thread reminds me of an old joke. How many BT'rs does it take to change a light bulb?
evidently it's still not enough...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
No, just two. One always leaves in the middle of the project.
should we tell Heck there's about a half of a tube of PL Premium holding that housing and lenes cover in???
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
If there is, he's in real trouble. I got that stuff on my hands on Tuesday, and it still looks like I have dung on them. Good stuff though, really the best.
****begin secret code****
Him and I had gotten together on a job site....
I saw that assembly was loose...
I had the PL ready to go in my hands...
so it got "repaired"....
the rest is history...
guess it's best we don't tell him...
****end secret code****
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
10-4
Good thing I was driving G8's truck on that job!
(yeah, i cracked the secret code)
ewwwwwww.....
is he ever gonna be unhappy some day.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
What do I do, give it a good yank?
Nah. Buy a GMC.
Use a putty knife or blade-edged pry bar to gently loosen the gasket from the body work. After eight years, it's probably just stuck.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....
I knew I was gonna take a beating about owning a ford....
Anyway, no, the lens housing is loose when you pull the two screws, up to a point, then it's obviously held by something you can't see. I was afraid of breaking something, not knowing the 'trick' of it.
I knew I was gonna take a beating about owning a ford....
Don't take it personally. It's only because Ford drivers gotta be knuckle-draggers.
Seriously. Ford designers put the pedals close and the dash and steering wheel far. You gotta have arms like an orangutang or legs like Gimli to drive one comfortably.
Don't believe me? Go sit in a GMC or Chevy. You won't be able to reach the pedals when yer arms are at a comfortable distance from everything else.
We don't even talk about Dodge drivers....
;o)
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Oh Yeah? Who you callin a orangetang??
I think it's strange that you folks in Canada have to pedal your trucks anyway.
OK, I'm taking my ford to the autozone parking lot this morning.
I'm gonna be armed with 2 prybars, a nightstick, 1 straight hacksaw, 1 bi hacksaw, standard wrenches, metric wrenches, a sledgehammer, an ipod, a sports drink, and bandaids.
Wish me luck, I'm goin in!
Yah, if you paid the same price for gas we do, you'd pedal, too.
I'm actually feeling like starting the engine again this week. Gas just dropped by seven cents down to $1.27...per quart.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
That's the beauty of the US system over the metric system!!when gas goes down seven cents a liter for you canukdians...it goes down hmmm lessee 7x1 +7x8 carry the five....mmmm
uhhhhhwait don't tell me!!!almost there..26 brazilian cents a gallon!!!.
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
You can't take three from twoTwo is less than threeSo you look at the four in the tens placeNow that's really four tensSo you make it three tensRegroup, and you change a ten to ten onesAnd you add them to the two and get twelveAnd you take away three, that's nineIs that clear?Now instead of four in the tens placeYou've got three'Cause you added oneThat is to say, ten, to the twoBut you can't take seven from threeSo you look in the hundreds placeFrom the three you then use oneTo make ten tensAnd you know why four plus minus onePlus ten is fourteen minus one'Cause addition is commutative, right?And so you've got thirteen tensAnd you take away sevenAnd that leaves five
Now go back to the hundreds placeAnd you're left with twoAnd you take away one from twoAnd that leaves...
Hooray for new mathNew-hoo-hoo-mathIt won't do you a bit of good to review mathIt's so simpleSo very simpleThat only a child can do it!
You can't take three from two
Two is less than three
So you look at the four in the eights place
Now that's really four eights
So you make it three eights
Regroup, and you change an eight to eight ones
And you add them to the two
And you get one-two base eight
Which is ten base ten
And you take away three, that's seven
OK?
Now instead of four in the eights place
You've got three
'Cause you added one
That is to say, eight, to the two
But you can't take seven from three
So you look at the sixty-fours
From the three you then use one
To make eight eights
And you add those eights to the three
And you get one-three base eight
Or, in other words
In base ten you have eleven
And you take away seven
And seven from eleven is fourNow go back to the sixty-fours
And you're left with two
And you take away one from two
And that leaves
Hooray for new mathNew-hoo-hoo-mathIt won't do you a bit of good to review mathIt's so simpleSo very simpleThat only a child can do it
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
I knew I was gonna take a beating about owning a ford....
Common theme although I can't say why.
My F-150 covered 300K miles as a real WORK truck.
My Silverado is ready for the junk pile after only 75K nice easy hiway miles.
Oh, and to add insult to injury? Thanks to Chevy's give away programs? It's Excellent trade in value is $2800 as of yesterday.
the gasket has glued it in...
pull it straight out...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
It's got play in it, a little front to back, mostly side to side, actually rotates away from the screws, seems 'hinged' by something in the back/other side.
straight out....
went pulled Jan's tail light just to be sure...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Cool.
Did you score me a bulb??
yup....
why the MM...
do it the American way...
sledge....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Have you tried using a bigger prybar?
I will in the morning. No guts, no glory.
Isn't that what a policemans nightstick is used for?
Use the right tool for the job!
Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
I don't feel it's healthy to keep your faults bottled up inside me.
I have become burned out so I will watch this thread with feigned interest
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion"
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
Well, at least you're not blinking.
this place makes me nod....off....
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???
OK, we have Blinkin and Nod, just need Wynkin:
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. "Where are you going, and what do you wish?" The old moon asked the three. "We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we!" Said Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
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They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
I think there are a lot of car parts that just snap into place
So there's no screw to remove or you remove one or two and then have to figure out how to pry it out
For example, I've got a 2003 buick century and there is a cover over the fuse box.
It snaps into place and so you have to know where to pry on it to get it open
Good luck !
I was wondering if anyone here knew the trick to removing the tail light lens from a Ford superduty.
Sledgehammer?
Family.....They're always there when they need you.
I believe Napalm may be in order.....
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"After the laws of Physics, everything else is opinion" -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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If Pasta and Antipasta meet is it the end of the Universe???