Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition)
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180 available scans from Option — Shōwa Car Tuning & Buyers Guide (2000 Edition), in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
Page 58 — English draft translation
A burned-out tail-lamp bulb can give following drivers the wrong information at night, so pay attention to it. Replacing a tail-lamp bulb is not very difficult, so don't put it off; fix it as soon as it burns out. The job is done from inside the trunk. Look at the back of the tail-lamp lens and you'll see a cutout in the trim that acts like a small cover. Open it to remove the socket. Use a replacement bulb with the same wattage as the burned-out one; the wattage is printed on the bulb. Pull the bulb from its socket and replace it. Easy, right? Fixing a burned-out bulb promptly helps keep you safe.
Electrical components all have fuses. Fuses normally don't blow very often, but they are a safety device that will blow if there is an electrical problem or if something shorts while you are installing a part. It's like the breaker at home tripping when you use too much electricity. If a fuse does blow, first... There are usually two fuse boxes: one for engine-related circuits and one for the cabin's electrical components...
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SE.Saloan
The essentials!
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Replacing a tail-lamp bulb
No tools needed
No tools needed
Electrical safety device: check the fuse locations
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The fuse-box diagram shows which fuse is located where.
Replacement is very easy. A burned-out bulb looks bad, too.
Open the small access window with a tool to reach the bulbs. Remove the brake-light and turn-signal bulbs. The brake light shares a bulb with the tail lamp, which has two filaments.
Replace the license-plate lamp if it burns out too. If you leave it out, the police may stop you. Replacing it is basically the same as changing the tail-lamp bulb.
Nerima
The essentials!
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Checking the fuse box
...inside the car.
The engine-related fuse box is in the engine compartment, and the other is inside the cabin. A diagram on each fuse-box cover shows which fuse belongs to which component, making it easy to find.
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Use the supplied puller to remove a fuse. When replacing it, use one with the same amperage.
The cabin fuse box is near the driver's knees. Some types are shaped like vacuum tubes; others have a blade-like form, so take care when buying replacements.
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...in the car
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