RiffRaffMama
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- Twin VX II Berlinas - "Vanessa" and "Geraldine"
I can't get the new globes in the sockets for my number plate lights. Now before anyone says "you pull the lens out and the globe is attached to it, do you not have thumbs or something?" this is a VX Berlina and just for fun, Holden thought they'd change the way the number plate globes go in and out on Berlinas. The lens is screwed in and comes out independent of the globe which is tucked up under the chrome garnish bit where you have to perform some feat of olympics level finger gymnastics to get the new globes in. There's no way to access them from inside the boot and as far as the workshop manual is concerned you just have to "install light into light assembly by pushing in". Really? Thanks.
The problem lies in the shape of the globe's base. Instead of being round, which you really can't stuff up, it's one of those stupid T10 globes you have to slot in to a spring clip, so if you don't have it aligned correctly, it's not going in. This is the crux of the problem - I can just hold the globe to the socket, but there's not enough room to move my fingers to turn it to a different angle, or to apply the necessary amount of pressure to push the globe into its tight clip socket.
I've only had this car a week but it is identical to my old car, (including the colour, but that's irrelevant) so I thought "how did I do this last time?" Looking at photos I can see that this car has an extra chrome bit that my old car was missing, which makes it even harder to access the globes. I've tried holding the globe with pliers in various different sizes, but some can't fit under because of the angle you have to put the pliers on and the ones that do, can't turn the globe because there's no room for them to move. You cannot remove the socket from the car. I'm a chick, I don't have fat fingers, but I just can't make this work for me. Tell me there's a trick to this please!
The problem lies in the shape of the globe's base. Instead of being round, which you really can't stuff up, it's one of those stupid T10 globes you have to slot in to a spring clip, so if you don't have it aligned correctly, it's not going in. This is the crux of the problem - I can just hold the globe to the socket, but there's not enough room to move my fingers to turn it to a different angle, or to apply the necessary amount of pressure to push the globe into its tight clip socket.
I've only had this car a week but it is identical to my old car, (including the colour, but that's irrelevant) so I thought "how did I do this last time?" Looking at photos I can see that this car has an extra chrome bit that my old car was missing, which makes it even harder to access the globes. I've tried holding the globe with pliers in various different sizes, but some can't fit under because of the angle you have to put the pliers on and the ones that do, can't turn the globe because there's no room for them to move. You cannot remove the socket from the car. I'm a chick, I don't have fat fingers, but I just can't make this work for me. Tell me there's a trick to this please!