replacing 4kq taillight

[Aaron Sherrick]

Man, I'm such a moron.  I was thinking that each lense part had its own bulb
(so four bulbs per side rather than two).  I thought it was odd that they
only exposed two bulbs per side from the trunk.  So, I'm out there with my
lightbar removed using my heat gun to try to remove the lense to find my
imaginary bulbs.  Then I started thinking, "Where's the wiring for these
bulbs?"  Then it dawned on me that there aren't any more bulbs!  Doh!

I swapped the two taillight bulbs, and it turns out they're both good.  So,
I guess I have a wiring problem somewhere.  Oh what fun.  I think I'm going
to give up for today.

Aaron
'86 4kq
www.lehigh.edu/~amsk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "Aaron Sherrick" <aaron at eurekalubricants.com>; "Quattro List"
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: replacing 4kq taillight

> You want to change the bulb or the lens, Aaron?  The bulb holders for the
> lights in the trunk lid just twist and pop out.  The big one in the fender
> lights you need to pinch the sides in.
>
> If you're replacing any lenses on the back of the 4K's,  you have to
remove
> the retaining fasteners and then pull them loose from the sealant as
> described in your archives link.   I THINK I used a heat gun (hair dryer,
> actually) to loosen up the grip of that sealant when I replaced a lens on
> one of our 4Kq's, but that's been several years.
> --
>
>