Headlight Assembly Removal

[BMurphy]

Recently purchased a 2002 Adventurer 35U(Ford Chassis). Have not had much time to familiarize myself with the vehicle. Need to replace a bulb in the headlight assembly R. side. At first glance there doesn't appear to be much room to access from behind. Can it be worked out from front? Thanks for your assistance.

[kb2ztx]

Our 2003 uses Chevy Impalla headlights. There are 2 black clips on the rear that hold it to the chassis. Remove the clips and the headlight comes out from the chassis. I ended up replacing the entire headlight assembly as mine were faded pretty bad. On the chevy headlight there is a rubber cover behind each bulb that you remove to get to the bulb.

[Hikerdogs]

If you have the original headlights they should be the rectangular glass sealed beams. They come out from the front. Looking into the assembly from the front you should see a metal frame around the bulb. The frame should have 4 screws visible, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom.

The assembly should look similar to this:

https://www.c2cfabrication.com/colle...arts/headlight

This one is from an Oldsmobile. The exact location of the screws may not be identical, but they should be close. Winnebago painted the frame black over the original chrome plating.


If I remember correctly the fiberglass has a corresponding profiled areas to allow access for the screws to be removed. The heads of the screws should be phillips. They may be difficult to remove after 16 years. I would spray each one with a little penetrating oil before attempting to remove them.

After the screws are removed the frame and the headlight can be removed far enough to unplug the light.

As a side note check the left headlight as well. Our 2001 Adventurer on the Ford chassis had the optional daytime running lights. The running lights were actually the headlights on at 60% of normal brightness. We only noticed that both low beam headlights had burned out after the second one did. We didn't drive it that much at night, and when we did it was more often than not with the high beams on.

The outer lights have both high and low beam filaments. There are 3 prongs on the back of the bulb. The inner beams are high beams only and have 2 prongs on the back of the bulb.

[BMurphy]

Originally Posted by kb2ztx

Our 2003 uses Chevy Impalla headlights. There are 2 black clips on the rear that hold it to the chassis. Remove the clips and the headlight comes out from the chassis. I ended up replacing the entire headlight assembly as mine were faded pretty bad. On the chevy headlight there is a rubber cover behind each bulb that you remove to get to the bulb.

Thanks so much. I will have to get in from underneath i guess when I go back to have another look.

[BMurphy]

Originally Posted by Hikerdogs

If you have the original headlights they should be the rectangular glass sealed beams. They come out from the front. Looking into the assembly from the front you should see a metal frame around the bulb. The frame should have 4 screws visible, 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom.

The assembly should look similar to this:

https://www.c2cfabrication.com/colle...arts/headlight

This one is from an Oldsmobile. The exact location of the screws may not be identical, but they should be close. Winnebago painted the frame black over the original chrome plating.


If I remember correctly the fiberglass has a corresponding profiled areas to allow access for the screws to be removed. The heads of the screws should be phillips. They may be difficult to remove after 16 years. I would spray each one with a little penetrating oil before attempting to remove them.

After the screws are removed the frame and the headlight can be removed far enough to unplug the light.

As a side note check the left headlight as well. Our 2001 Adventurer on the Ford chassis had the optional daytime running lights. The running lights were actually the headlights on at 60% of normal brightness. We only noticed that both low beam headlights had burned out after the second one did. We didn't drive it that much at night, and when we did it was more often than not with the high beams on.

The outer lights have both high and low beam filaments. There are 3 prongs on the back of the bulb. The inner beams are high beams only and have 2 prongs on the back of the bulb.

Thanks for the response. This mh has the all in one type of light assembly unfortunately. Think the sealed beam might have been easier to change. I should have noted that at the outset.

[tderonne]

An ‘02 Adventurer would have sealed beam headlights, four of them. Maybe you have an ‘03 registered (improperly) as an ‘02 as its an ‘02 chassis?
Or something else?