replace rear light on octy 2

Following a rear end hit and run I had to replace the passenger side rear lens on my Octy 2.

I took some pics as I did the work.

Removing the old lens - unclip the connector by squeezing the clip on the plug and puling gently. Pull out the sidelight bulb holders.

Slide the clip on the lampholder fitting to one side and remove the lampholder ( pull out, turn it gently to the left, (right for the drivers side) to clear the bulbs, and down.

Use an 8mm ring spanner to loosen the two top nuts, then take them off. Dont drop them. Now remove the bottom nuts and take off the lens.

rear view with lens removed

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/2046/outsidej.jpg

and the inside

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1229/insideq.jpg

you can see the upper fixings are above the access hole in the trim. No easy to get at.

Here is the new lens

http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/6336/lensrear.jpg

Put the lens into place and fix it by fastening the bottom nuts til they get a hold.

With it still loose use a ring spanner (8mm) to fit the nuts over the upper fixings. Its fiddly.

Once they are on you can use an 8mm socket to tighten them - not too tight!

Finally tighten the bottom nuts.

The bulb holder has three P21W lamps and 1 PY21 as marked on the rear of the fitting http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/8855/holderr.jpg

FIt the bulb holder http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9118/holderbulbs.jpg and make sure the fixing clip goes into place.

Push the sidelight bulbs back into their holes until they click into place

Fit the connector and

check it all works.