My friend Sarah followed me across town yesterday and informed me that one of my brake lights was out! Thanks for the heads up! I wouldn’t want to be pulled over right now, when I have an interim Alberta driver’s license, Yukon registration, and seemingly expired Yukon insurance (hopefully pink slips are in the mail…)! I decided to get a new bulb today since it was getting really late last night. I asked Gary to show me how to get to the bulb (thanks!) and I drove straight to Canadian Tire this morning.
The bulb was a #1157 and came in a two-pack for $5, not bad since I would be able to install it myself. I had brought my screwdriver with me, so I changed the bulb immediately in the parking lot. Before reassembling everything, I flagged a lady down and asked her to confirm that the bulb was working. “You did it!” she said, so I slid the thingamabobs into the thingamajigs until they clicked and then screwed the assembly back into the body of the car.
And not a moment too soon since I passed a bunch of police keeping watch on a parade immediately after pulling out of the Canadian Tire parking lot!
Congratulations1 The most important part of the whole operation is the “Thingamajig”!
A good way to check your brake lights is to operate your 4-way flashers as they use the brakelight circuit.
Parking with your rear facing a store window allows you to check all your rear lights with the help of your rear view mirror.
Definitely! If I didn’t get the thingamabobs in just right, the thingamajig wouldn’t rest in the right place and I couldn’t get the assembly screwed back in! 😀
As for checking the lights, that all works in a pinch, but flagging down a nice person is even easier! 🙂
It’s funny that I think to use the 4-ways to check the lights are working when the car is hooked up to the motorhome but not when it’s separate!
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