{"id":25263,"date":"2024-12-12T13:13:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T13:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25263"},"modified":"2024-12-12T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T13:13:16","slug":"car-maintenance-fitting-flos-new-side-light-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25263","title":{"rendered":"CAR MAiNTENANCE: Fitting Flo\u2019s New Side Light Bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1836-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-25261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1836-1.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1836-1-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Old dead bulbs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Little jobs like these are admittedly very small, and possibly quite dull. But getting them done is always satisfying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1835-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-25260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1835-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1835-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1835-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1835-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1835.jpg 1960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> New live bulbs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting the bulbs out was not easy. They are located <em>very<\/em> tight under the metal engine frame, and require a twist\u2019n\u2019pull manoeuvre to get them out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"672\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1837-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-25262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1837-1.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/img_1837-1-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ouch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Halfords wanted \u00a320 to fit them. After thinking about giving up and letting them do it, I decided, dammit\u2026 I\u2019ll do it! I saved myself twenty quid. But it cost a little in blood!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The real difference will obviously be in the dark. Where before I was unsure if they were working, hopefully now I can transition (oo-er) from light to dark and viscount-versace more safely and gracefully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also checked my reversing lights. They\u2019re working, the Halfords dude says. Hmmm!? I\u2019m tempted to augment them somehow. Like a Trump voting MAGA twat, they just ain\u2019t bright enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway that\u2019s another job for another time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little jobs like these are admittedly very small, and possibly quite dull. But getting them done is always satisfying. Getting the bulbs out was not easy. They are located very tight under the metal engine frame, and require a twist\u2019n\u2019pull manoeuvre to get them out. Halfords wanted \u00a320 to fit them. After thinking about giving &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CAR MAiNTENANCE: Fitting Flo\u2019s New Side Light Bulbs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-6zt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25263"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}