Removal/Installation Instructions--Amber Lens Cover

[Cal Learner]

1988 W124: I've hunted in vain through my WIS for step-by-step instructions on removing the amber front turn signal/side marker lens. Mine has a small break and I'm ready to install a replacement. Can someone supply basic instructions or pix from service CD? Thanks.

[lkchris]

So simple.
Look at your new unit for the chrome spring and learn how it flexes.

Now squeeze the spring on installed unit.

Push it out.

[Cal Learner]

Thanks, Kent. It's actually a gray plastic tab protruding at the fender rather than a chrome spring. But once the plastic tab is slightly flexed, it pops free and the whole light unit pulls straight off the front of the car. Installation works in reverse; align unit, push until the plastic tab snaps in securely. Done! Total time to remove old unit and install replacement: 4 minutes, including opening and closing the hood. Thanks.