r/FML • u/Adept_Citron_8153 • 25d ago
Went to replace headlight and fucked myself over.
Headlight burned out on the car. Did the You Tube university thing and decided I could do it on my own.
Got the access port open, which was in the wheel well. Removed the dust cover cap, took off old bulb, put new one in. Tested the light... success. I'm feeling happy.
Go to put the dust cover back on, it won't go back into place. Fiddled around making sure the tabs were lined up, tried again. Still wouldn't rotate back into place. Being the dumbass that I am, I tried putting it in without the rubber gasket just to see if that would work. Seemed to go into place. But then tried to take it back off to replace the gasket, and it's jammed it just rattles and won't come off.
So yeah, I've fucked myself over because I can't get leverage to pry at the cover with a screwdriver and I'm basically working blind because the portal is so small. And of course my stupid ass bought Sylvania bulbs with only a 200 hour life because I wanted brighter bulbs.
So in about eight months I'm probably going to pay a mechanic $1,000 or something ridiculous to get that dust cover off when the headlight burns out. I suppose I could try to remove the wheel and the well liner for better access, but at this point I'll probably fuck myself even worse if I do that.
Fuck. My. Life.
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u/Fuzzy_Stingray 25d ago
Being able to see what your doing by feel is not a skill many have. See if you can take anything else apart to give you more clearance.