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Mod ID1113
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Look into the front edge of the front wheel arches on your 453. You’ll see a flap. Pull the tab down and pull the flap by the central finger hold. You don’t need to jack the car up to gain access but if you need more room, go for it. Just steering the wheels over to increase access is enough.
Behind it, you’ll see the indicator and the connector. Rotate the connector a sixth of a turn anti-clockwise.
After a small twist, you can pull the bulb holder out with the bulb attached.
Change the bulb and refit in the reverse order.
Large Access Panel
Steer the wheels over to increase the access to the front of the wheel arch liner.
Get your torch out and look into the abyss.
At the top is a fixing that is twisted a quarter turn with a flat blade screwdriver. Either way is fine.
Pull the top of the panel towards the wheel so the screw fixing clears the hole it locks into. With the top pulled away, slide the entire panel upwards. It’ll move about 30mm and you can then pull it out of the hole.
With the panel off, you’ll see the sliding clips on each side that lock into the arch liner.
Look for the brown connector, that’s the indicator connector. These connectors are horrible. You have to press the metal spring clip in and pull the connector down. Don’t pull by the wires.
These connectors are mainly used for injectors. Total over-kill for an indicator bulb.
Turn it a sixth of a turn anti-clockwise and pull the bulb holder backwards to remove the bulb.
The bulb can be pushed in, turned anti-clockwise and pulled out to remove it from the base.
