Third brake light
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Third brake light
I need to replace the high third brake light on my 2008 F150. I ordered the ebay replacement and it came with a plug. My light doesn't have a plug, but seems to be hardwired into the harness. All the pictures of other lights feature the plug. I couldn't swap the bulbs because they're different between the two. I don't really want to cut the harness if I don't have to, is there something that I'm missing?
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Found it, way up in there with the plug attached to the roof metal with a plastic push in. Nearly impossible to get out and pull the wire out enough to replace it. Probably was easy when the headliner wasn't in, but a way harder job than it should have been for something that would be replaced sometime in it's life....
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So you couldn't just disconnect the harness at each bulb, then plug them back into the new one? That's what I did because I also thought there was no connection, and it was possible because I bout the factory improved version. I guess mine is really tucked way up under there too. I replaced mine because the old one leaked. The new one leaked too, but I knew the mating surface was clean and the gasket is much larger and softer than the original, so I figured it was coming in at the screws. I put a glob of silicone RTV in each hole then used a straight edge to even it out - no leaks yet and its been two years.
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