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Part of the inspection process of my new-to-me 996 is cleaning 20 years worth of dust off of light bulbs.

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Part of the inspection process of my new-to-me 996 is cleaning 20 years worth of dust off of light bulbs.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Part of the inspection process of my new-to-me 996 is cleaning 20 years worth of dust off of light bulbs. While doing the tail lights, I noticed a pull-wire behind the driver's side cluster. While nice to have a secondary way to open the engine hatch, the mystery is in accessing that wire. You have to open the hatch in order to unscrew the retaining screw for the cluster, so what's the reason for the wire? Is there another way to get to the wire without simply bashing the light cluster?

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You just take a coat hanger and slide it in the gap under the light...actually works pretty good...the trick is to make sure it is lying under the light with the light is installed.

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Thanks, now I just have to remember to be close to a dry cleaners if I get stuck! Good to know.

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Some people tape the loop right next to the edge of the light so you can get to it fairly easily. There is one in the front for the frunk. I slid the loop of the cable over the plug for the tow hook plug and then popped the plug back into the bumper. If I need to open the frunk using the cable, I just pop out the tow hook plug, and there it is.

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