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Title: Xenon igniter help!!!
Post by: jaylufc17 on March 06, 2018, 06:59:53 pm

I have taken my ignitors out but the ignitors the circle thing and the bulb have all come out together?! Have done this before but can’t remember how I got them apart as it is really stiff. Bulbs has blown so need to change ASAP. Anyone had this problem, if so how did you resolve

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Title: Re: Xenon igniter help!!!
Post by: willni on March 06, 2018, 07:56:43 pm

Should be just a case of twisting the bulb holder and the ignitor. Since it’s the blown one could also use a pair of needle nose to shift the bulb if it’s stiff


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Title: Re: Xenon igniter help!!!
Post by: jaylufc17 on March 06, 2018, 08:14:09 pm

thats what i thought its stuck god knows why/how   :thinking:

Title: Re: Xenon igniter help!!!
Post by: MIJ_JAGGER on March 06, 2018, 10:53:32 pm

Happened to me once, I twisted it with quite a bit of brute force and it came off

Title: Re: Xenon igniter help!!!
Post by: Mark_DF05 on March 08, 2018, 04:01:36 pm

Had this before too, it’s a pain in the arse.

Assuming you don’t need the bulb anymore you can get a  small screwdriver in the notch where the bulb locks into place and twist the igniter. That’s how I got mine out.