[MBZ] VW 2004 TDI wagon tail light bulb replacement
Folks, A friend just purchased a 2004 tdi wagon from some dealer for, i think, about $8000 which doesn't sound like all that good a price to me. He brought it by yesterday evening and i drove it around the block, so to speak, including about a mile of freeway. It's auto and i was underwhelmed with the car and the performance. It seemed to be a little peppier when we turned the A/C off. He had a tail light bulb out, driver's side. Well, it's not exactly easy to change a bulb on the wagon. You open the interior side compartment. There's a big chunk of styrofoam in there, maybe to hold a CD player or something. That gives almost no access to the tail light. I read around on some forums and no one had any good ideas on how to change a bulb and the owner's manual doesn't cover it. So, i removed a barely accessible bolt that allowed the styrofoam chunk to drop down about 1/4 inch. Then i was able to unclip the big t shaped plastic bulb holder assembly. I tilted that forward and was able to remove and install the bulbs on the top that we needed to replace. Someone previously had broken one of the clips on the tail light assembly, but it snapped back into place ok. Small hands are a big help with this job. Someone on some VW forum had removed the entire tail light assembly, but that involves several small nuts that are pretty inaccessible. I'll stick with my 300TD. thanks, xx rick Rick Hawkins ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] VW 2004 TDI wagon tail light bulb replacement
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Rick Hawkins Java macj...@aol.com wrote: Folks, A friend just purchased a 2004 tdi wagon from some dealer for, i think, about $8000 which doesn't sound like all that good a price to me. He brought it by yesterday evening and i drove it around the block, so to speak, including about a mile of freeway. It's auto and i was underwhelmed with the car and the performance. Then something's wrong with it. An '04 TDI should be as fast as an '87 300D, meaning much faster than any 617 car in the best of tune. They are *not* slow. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] VW 2004 TDI wagon tail light bulb replacement
Thats what I was thinking. I've driven a 2012 sedan and a '98 sedan, the 2012 is a rocket ship, but the 90hp '98 with 155ft/lb is no slouch, probably as quick as Fred's '87 190D turbo. That said I've never driven one with an auto, should still be much faster than a 617 300TD. I bet he find the turbo isn't up to much. -Curt Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:27:10 -0700 From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] VW 2004 TDI wagon tail light bulb replacement Message-ID: CABHyH=YHgP2WP2yrkZOVHR1=itc8tbo+p6eii+govhssxl0...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Rick Hawkins Java macj...@aol.com wrote: Folks, A friend just purchased a 2004 tdi wagon from some dealer for, i think, about $8000 which doesn't sound like all that good a price to me. He brought it by yesterday evening and i drove it around the block, so to speak, including about a mile of freeway. It's auto and i was underwhelmed with the car and the performance. Then something's wrong with it. An '04 TDI should be as fast as an '87 300D, meaning much faster than any 617 car in the best of tune. They are *not* slow. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
