Anyone replaced this before ? I took the old light off and the connector looks like it goes inside the headliner in the truck . �� Feel Free to email me if you know of this is the case .
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On a crew cab the wire goes in about 6 inches and is held by a plastic wire tab, behind that is a quick connect/disconnect plug. I reach in and defeat the wire tab and then there is enough slack to disconnect the wire and hook up the new one. Be sure the surface is clean and the new light has a good gasket or it can leak.

 

I have never had to remove the lamp holders at the harness. I've only had to change the lamps. If the lamp holder is damaged or burnt out, I would just splice in a new one. I don't see why you would need to reach all the way back to the harness and replace the entire wiring assembly.

And while you are at it, replace the lamp housing. The original units had a thin foam rubber gasket. Rangers & F-series all had leak issues. Some were really bad. Some were not so bad. On mine, while replacing a lamp, I noticed a little moisture. I was suspicious that this moisture may have been a factor in my lamps failing. On some trucks, the leak filed the interior space above the headliner, soaked through to discolor the headliner, and water eventually got to other places to cause other damage. A lot of people don't even know that water was leaking into the body, because they just couldn't see water inside of the cab. By the time water has soaked through the headliner and whatever insulation material, it's pretty bad between the headliner and the roof. The new Motorcraft part has a significantly thicker foam rubber gasket. There are aftermarket parts, used to varying degrees of satisfaction. There's even an aftermarket foam rubber gasket, if you want to keep the original lamp housing. Some people have used sealants and silicone with success.

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It's not a harness just a inline plug, the new lamp housing had a plug on it(like in your pic). On a scew you can't reach that plug without pulling the wire out of its holder or pulling the headliner. I wanted to plug it in rather than slice wires. Changed it because it was leaking, not the bulb going out.

 

This is an opportunity to change those lamps from halogen to LED. Or consider the option of an LED unit.

 

For all it's worth I tried 3 different lights and they all leaked. I finally picked the one that had the style I liked the most, hand tightened the screws very carefully so I didn't break the cover lense, and filled the screw hole with clear silicone to keep the lightly torqued screws from backing out, and finally a thin bead of exterior grade sealant around the outside where it seals against the roof. No more leaks.

 

A lot of those aftermarket lights from China leak worse than the OEM.