That's exactly what I thought, too, Mike! Was probably "in" but not snapped, and after 17 years it got loose & fell out. First problem in 655 miles!! :)
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "negusm" <negusm@y...> wrote: > Excellent. Maybe it was never fully attached? Maybe it was > overlooked at the factory? Most of the connectors snap so tightly > that its almost impossible to get them separated without busting them. > > -Mike > >
--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Sandy Block" <cigarsandy@c...> > wrote: > > I fixed the underhood Light! > > A coupling connection came apart. > > > > At the lower edge of the hood, just inches above the firewall, but > > attached to the hood, is a coupling where the wire that goes up to > > the actual light and then comes down to connect to a small grey > > plastic connector. It slides in to the other half and snaps > locked. > > That connection came apart, and the shorter wire (wrapped in black > > tape) had fallen down, outta sight, so I didn't see it. I studied > > the Silver 90 (which is at home) and that is where I saw that > > connection, then I went down to the storage facility and looked at > > the blue '90 - only to see it was not there! So I went groping > > around and found the "wire to nowhere" and saw the same plastic > > connector and pick it up and snapped it in and VIOLA, the "bad" > bulb > > lit up!! > > It's always good to have a spare identical car around to check & > see > > how something should be, on the real thing! :)