In article <uvLX7.145971$8w3.30591607@typhoon.kc.rr.com>, "LXIX"
<post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid> writes:

>helpful hint.
>
>To make the bulb last longer don't handle it with your fingers.
>..this is more important for headlamp bulbs..

And if you hose down the engine regularly (as in removing mud and such) and
get water on the underside of the hood, you'll get very adept at replacing that
light bulb.
* * *
Matt Macchiarolo
www.townpeddler.com
www.wolverine4wd.org
http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html

 

Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> In article <uvLX7.145971$8w3.30591607@typhoon.kc.rr.com>, "LXIX"
> <post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid> writes:
>
>> helpful hint.
>>
>> To make the bulb last longer don't handle it with your fingers.
>> ..this is more important for headlamp bulbs..
>
> And if you hose down the engine regularly (as in removing mud and such) and
> get water on the underside of the hood, you'll get very adept at replacing
> that light bulb.

Remember to clean and fill that connector with dilectric grease or
the wires will corrode from the heat/moisture.

 

Yep, I've replaced bulb on my '02 TJ 3 times. I finally learned to tape a
plastic baggie around the underhood light, before hosing.

Tom

"Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message
news:20030729172513.23307.00001819@mb-m29.aol.com...
> In article <uvLX7.145971$8w3.30591607@typhoon.kc.rr.com>, "LXIX"
> <post_replys_please@this.address.is.invalid> writes:
>
> >helpful hint.
> >
> >To make the bulb last longer don't handle it with your fingers.
> >..this is more important for headlamp bulbs..
>
> And if you hose down the engine regularly (as in removing mud and such)
and
> get water on the underside of the hood, you'll get very adept at replacing
that
> light bulb.
> * * *
> Matt Macchiarolo
> www.townpeddler.com
> www.wolverine4wd.org
> http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html
>
>
>
>

 

I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time.
Three years and never had to replace it.

Regards,

DAve

 

Do what I do. Put the bulb in your tool box, the one in your garage. I
personally do not see the utility of these under hood lights. What am I
going to do, check the oil at 3 AM? How much use is it going to be in case
of a breakdown? If you actually intend to perform repairs on the road side
or trail, you are going to have a tool box and a real source of light,
aren't you?

Earle

"Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om...
> I still don't trust it.
>
> It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when
> the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy.
>
> DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
> > I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time.
> > Three years and never had to replace it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > DAve

 

"Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
news:bg90pk$k3s0k$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Do what I do. Put the bulb in your tool box, the one in your garage. I
> personally do not see the utility of these under hood lights. What am I
> going to do, check the oil at 3 AM? How much use is it going to be in
case
> of a breakdown? If you actually intend to perform repairs on the road
side
> or trail, you are going to have a tool box and a real source of light,
> aren't you?
>
> Earle

It was really handy to me when I got a flat at midnight in the middle of
no-where.

Larry

 

Around here in the winter it is dark going to work
and dark going home from work. Just checking the oil
on the way to work or on the way home is a good reason
to have the light. Heck even to refill the windshield washer
fluid (which by the way is a frequent event during winter)

Earle Horton wrote:
> Do what I do. Put the bulb in your tool box, the one in your garage. I
> personally do not see the utility of these under hood lights. What am I
> going to do, check the oil at 3 AM? How much use is it going to be in case
> of a breakdown? If you actually intend to perform repairs on the road side
> or trail, you are going to have a tool box and a real source of light,
> aren't you?
>
> Earle
>
> "Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om...
>
>>I still don't trust it.
>>
>>It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when
>>the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy.
>>
>>DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message
>
> news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
>
>>>I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time.
>>>Three years and never had to replace it.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>DAve
>>
>
>

 

It you don't trust the switch to turn the lights off, then you need to get
your wire cutters out.



"Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om...
> I still don't trust it.
>
> It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when
> the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy.
>
> DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
> > I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time.
> > Three years and never had to replace it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > DAve

 

> It you don't trust the switch to turn the lights off, then you need to get
> your wire cutters out.
Appears to be on Fuse 24 in the engine compartment
fuse box if I am reading the schematics correctly.
Fuse 24 also covers the under dash courtesy lamps
and dome light. FYI JELo




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It's not a switch though is it?

When I opened it up, it's some sort of metal flap that flops onto the
connection when the hood is up. The second a bit of corrosion enters
or something buggers up the movement of that you have instant battery
woes.

No?

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<vig9bjqa001s5b@corp.supernews.com>...
> It you don't trust the switch to turn the lights off, then you need to get
> your wire cutters out.
>
>
>
> "Joe Blow" <mrsincerity@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:45467788.0307300911.174351f6@posting.google.c om...
> > I still don't trust it.
> >
> > It's like a fridge light to me. I can't be sure the light is off when
> > the lid is closed. That stupid wobble connector seems untrustworthy.
> >
> > DaveW <spsffan@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:<5QHVa.2951$kL2.1460@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
> > > I always unplug mine when having the hood up for any period of time.
> > > Three years and never had to replace it.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > DAve