Handy Sandy and the Burnt-out Tail Light

 Hullo! Handy Sandy here! Today we are working on a slightly different project... You see, this tail/brake light is working...

But this one is not! And if you're wondering who is holding down the brake pedal while we are doing this...

It is "Large Paving Stone"!

So... we did some research and figured out which light bulb to get for this light. Because it is a tail & brake light... it needs a dual filament bulb...

Which we found at Canadian Tire (of course).

And yes, I did watch a YouTube video about how to remove the light assembly and replace the bulb...

First... we are going to remove the screws that are holding the light assembly in place. We had to open the back hatch to access those...

There... that's all done... Let's not lose these!!

Then we just wiggled our fingers (OK... the human's fingers) under the edges of the light assembly and popped it off. But it's still attached with this power supply

Again... if you're doing this at home, you will need human fingers to disconnect the power supply...

Then we have the three light sections - the bottom one with the coloured wires is the one we want.

You turn that grey bit and... voila! Out pops the socket with the light bulb...

So we changed out the light bulbs and... put it all back in...

That was easy! Let's test it, shall we...

Um... Houston... we have a problem...

What the heck??? Maybe the paving stone is not doing its job?

Nope... other light is working fine... just not this one...

We had to put our thinking caps on for this one... and check a couple of reddit forums where we saw one comment that said it matters which way you put the light bulb in... Because it has two filaments, it needs to be put in one way, and one way only... So we dismantled the whole dang thing, took the bulb out, rotated it 180 degrees (it has two little bumps on the side that slot into the socket)... and...

It works!!!! 

Handy Sandy saves the day! And note to others... if it's a dual filament bulb... it will fit both ways, but it will only work one way!