How to Remove and Replace a Head Light Bulb and Assembly - Dodge Dakota Sport

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  • Here is a video guide on how to remove and replace your head light bulbs and the head light assembly on a 1998 Dodge Dakota Sport.
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  • @billmitchell7785
    @billmitchell7785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the video. I fought for an hour trying to get headlight bulbs seated through the fender. Removed the headlight assembly in minutes, and popped the bulb in. THANKS.

  • @dariusdise
    @dariusdise 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hey, that paper towel technique is a lifesaver

  • @kevinravenklarson1969
    @kevinravenklarson1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You can also remove the screw in between the head light and turn signal that makes it so much easier

  • @marshallborder9089
    @marshallborder9089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The video was helpful to the extent to when your replacing a new head light assembly . Disassembly of the whole headlight assembly to get one of the two blinker bulb housing units out is a royal pain in the rear to take out - this is where the work comes in . You showed taking the old one out and putting old one back in -that's easy part . Do a video on this would be a bigger help I think to utubers . You meant well tho , thanks

  • @marshallborder9089
    @marshallborder9089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the video - going to put in both new headlights today for a friend in his sport model . Video will be greatly used .

  • @3675Chandra
    @3675Chandra 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thanks for the video. Dodge could have done better in making replacing the bulbs easier.

    • @superreverbfreak
      @superreverbfreak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      3675Chandra this was pretty frustrating but it ain’t nothing compared to a 2002 VW bug

    • @MrBrave00
      @MrBrave00 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      no shit

  • @bdye2718
    @bdye2718 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video and the tips. Exactly what I was looking for. Refinishing and upgrading headlights on my 2002 Durango.

  • @michaelsanders6678
    @michaelsanders6678 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video!! It was very helpful!! Great job!!

  • @scatpack68
    @scatpack68 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just changed both assemblies on my '04 and found it much easier to remove the parking light assembly first, then have easy access to the headlight fasteners.

    • @jeffhudson670
      @jeffhudson670 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      scatpack68 • Absolutely. He's doing this the hard way.

    • @welovepets1000
      @welovepets1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holy crap. You've got to be kidding me! I have an 05 Dakota and am sooooooo not looking forward to having to change this lamp. I have never seen one that required so much racheting and disassembly to change a lamp. !

    • @BRETangoTango
      @BRETangoTango 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mazdaspeed 3 has to have the whole bumper removed before the assembly can come out.

    • @welovepets1000
      @welovepets1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I watched another vid of someone doing an 04 and it looks like that year was made with a separate parking light piece that needed to get removed before getting to the headlamp.

    • @welovepets1000
      @welovepets1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So I finally did it. I removed 2 torx screws. The torx screw that was smaller never came out so i didnt remove the entire headlight assembly. I just pulled the light out of the brackets the best I could and reached in. I have heard other methods where people just reach up under the truck to change it. There is absolutely now way that i was going to reach and unclip my lamp that way cuz i would need 2 hands up there. The parking light could possibly be doable but not the main light. I have an 05. I changed the driver side.

  • @danielj1063
    @danielj1063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks man
    Paper towel
    great little tip

  • @chachomorales2652
    @chachomorales2652 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    should I use the same method when putting my new spec d headlights what do u think

  • @reloader9114
    @reloader9114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video neat trick with the paper towel

  • @blueplanet4339
    @blueplanet4339 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video. It was a great help.

  • @smittysmith6173
    @smittysmith6173 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is cool man but the driver side is a lot harder to get to on my 98.
    Also on mine there is a little metal bracket that is in the way of the lower bolt making it impossible to remove the assembly with a socket. I used a 10 mm wrench but the assembly will still not come out of the body. Any ideas? thanks for the vid man it helped a great deal.

  • @amberconger8215
    @amberconger8215 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    awesome thanks

  • @bradm2089
    @bradm2089 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

  • @JohnS1914
    @JohnS1914 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @Jbe_theName420
    @Jbe_theName420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9 years later first off he sounds like the other TH-cam mechanic on Ratchets and Wrenches, I thought it was him. But this is DIY, so 😢. Also, I have an 01 Dakota and to make a long story short, I ordered after market headlight assemblies to update my trucks look and they didn't fit. It took me till the next day to reinstall just one headlight assembly, the other I didn't mess with. Freaking headlight assembly had the bracket that secures it to the frame blocking one of the light bulb socket! Impossible to get in! I melted enough plastic to finally squeeze the bulb in the socket but man,what a b@#$&! Again I could not install the final light to the assembly, the main headlight, because I tried turning it clockwise counter clockwise and all sort of ways but got nowhere. I really believe it's simple to do yet here I am typing this. I still got the aftermarket headlight assemblies, maybe I'll try again because I saw this and it motivated me.

  • @linovelasquez4513
    @linovelasquez4513 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anybody got a part number on the header that's connected to assembly

    • @stevendunn6255
      @stevendunn6255 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      55055174-RH, 55055175-LH. On my 2000 Durango I did have to partially remove the bumper as the headlight assemblies would not come out or go in as shown in this video, both were hitting a brace on the top of the bumper on the inside....

  • @chromatesting
    @chromatesting 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do you remove the grill?

    • @sarahanna68
      @sarahanna68 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      just removed mine minutes ago. there is a frame that holds the grill to the hood. and there about 6 or 7 screws that hold the grill on to the lip of the hood. both screws are the same size but with the screws on the lip of the hood - you have to kinda apply pressure to the grill (pulling it out) to get the grill off. Sorry clear as mud.

  • @ChaseEchols-sn3pb
    @ChaseEchols-sn3pb 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DO NOT REMOVE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. Just reach behind the light turn the clip counter clockwise. & Remove the Bulb & replace. it is three steps that’s it. PULL THE PLUG IN OFF THE LIGHT. Remove the Clip & pull the Bulb. No tool required. Just Hands!

  • @appostbs
    @appostbs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too Late to tell you the correct way.

  • @Jokester1979
    @Jokester1979 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh snap the front grill comes off automatically! Waste of space/video