I am Car Maintenance Genius!
Feb. 13th, 2009 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlyswotThe replacement indicator light arrived at 8.15 this morning. Since I only bid on it on Wednesday evening, I think this is pretty efficient on the part of both the seller and Royal Mail.
And... it was as easy to fit as everyone said! About as hard as changing a lightbulb. (I did not have to change the lightbulb in the indicator, though I now feel as though I probably could if I had to.)
The replacement unit waiting to go in:
The taped-up hole:
The finished job:
It works!!! You can just about see that the light is shining through in this photo. The hardest thing in this whole process was matching the timing of the flashing light with the time-delay on my camera in order to take this photo!
I was going to do a step-by-step guide, but really there were only two steps: push bulb through hole and turn to secure; push unit into hole until it clips in. So there you go. If anyone needs an indicator light replacing again, I am your woman.
In addition to this triumph, I also managed to take the car out for a drive today. Since this incident I have been wary of driving anywhere while there is still snow on our driveway. We had several inches on Wednesday night, which have not yet melted, but wonderfully, someone does seem to have gritted the drive, so that there is a clear path all the way down. Which meant that I could do a proper Tesco's shop and pick up a pile of books from college, rather than just get the pint of milk and post a birthday card that I had been anticipating. A good day all round.
And... it was as easy to fit as everyone said! About as hard as changing a lightbulb. (I did not have to change the lightbulb in the indicator, though I now feel as though I probably could if I had to.)
The replacement unit waiting to go in:
The taped-up hole:
The finished job:
It works!!! You can just about see that the light is shining through in this photo. The hardest thing in this whole process was matching the timing of the flashing light with the time-delay on my camera in order to take this photo!I was going to do a step-by-step guide, but really there were only two steps: push bulb through hole and turn to secure; push unit into hole until it clips in. So there you go. If anyone needs an indicator light replacing again, I am your woman.
In addition to this triumph, I also managed to take the car out for a drive today. Since this incident I have been wary of driving anywhere while there is still snow on our driveway. We had several inches on Wednesday night, which have not yet melted, but wonderfully, someone does seem to have gritted the drive, so that there is a clear path all the way down. Which meant that I could do a proper Tesco's shop and pick up a pile of books from college, rather than just get the pint of milk and post a birthday card that I had been anticipating. A good day all round.
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Date: 2009-02-13 12:05 pm (UTC)We've got loads of snow here too, wonderful squeaky cold temperatures and sunshine. Perfect winter.
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