How to change a low-beam headlight bulb in a Mitsubishi Magna TJ AWD Sports:

[WSDsmurf]

How to change a low-beam headlight bulb in a Mitsubishi Magna TJ AWD Sports:

- Read up on forums and car handbook on how to change low-beam light-bulb.

- Go to Repco.

- Get new TJ Magna low beam bulb from Repco (H4).

- Note need to remove washer bottle.

- Find that removing 10mm washer bottle retention bots with crappy $2 spanner is a mug's game.

- Find that you don't actually possess a 10mm socket..... So mug's game it is then.

- Accidentally pull out washer pump motor while attempting to remove washer bottle.

- Remove washer bottle.

- Undo bulb hard cover.

- Remove bulb weather seal.

- Find out that MMAL lightbulb retention spring is as confusing to figure out as legend has it.

- Remove bulb.

- Find that Repco replacement blub for TJ Magna (H4) is not suitable for TJ Magna AWD (H7).....

- Complete kicking inanimate object found close to hand.

- Replace bulb, Replace MMAL spring, Replace weather seal, Replace hard cover.

- Return to Repco.

- Find proper TJ AWD Magna low-beam bulb (which is cunningly listed as for only KJ Verada) (being the H7... not a H4 bulb).

- Decide mug's game is silly, so also purchase a proper socket set.

- Return to car.

- Remove hard cover, Remove weather seal, Remove MMAL spring, Remove old bulb.

- Put in new bulb.

- Replace MMAL spring, Replace weather seal, Replace hard cover.

- (Remove randomly found 100w siren given opportunity of vacant washer bottle).

- Attempt to re-insert washer pump motor.

- Re-attempt to re-insert washer pump motor.

- Lubricate and re-insert washer pump motor.

- Replace washer bottle with newly acquired socket set (10mm).

- Refill washer bottle and check for leaks.

- Reconnect power to washer pump motor.

- Find that windscreen washer jets don't work.

- Complete kicking inanimate object found close to hand.

- Disconnect washer jet hoses and bleed hoses.

- Find windscreen washer jets work.

- Clean up.

- Find that you actually DID own a 10mm socket all along.

- Bang head against wall until ineptitude goes away.

[Sparky]

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