The exhaust was welded up last night and fitted today, seems to be OK and not blowing, so those exhaust gases can get away a bit quicker now.
Next little job was to do the centre brake light. Quite a lot of the lights were out or dim, so this is what I did:
Remove earth from battery
Lower rear seats
Remove 3 plastic retainers for the shelf trim
Pull forward the outer seat bolster froom the top
Remove the "Airbag" cover from the C panel covers, and remove the 7mm bolts - hence battery off
Pull off the door seal so that the trim section can be withrawn by pulling on the trim to withdraw the 3 locating clips of the C pillar
Unplug the electrical connector from the right hand side
Wiggle the trim cover off
Next is getting to the circuit board:
The light housing is secured with spring clips. The plastic holding the housing WILL break, so it will have to be screwed back together with a couple of self tappers
Pull the sticky tape off to release the cable & withdraw
On the workbency the plstic cover is removed by pressing on the 3 retining tabs from the back
The circuit board can then be withdrawn & examined.
There are 24 LED's, which seem to be grouped into 3's, with the polarity of the LED's following this pattern (1 - 12, counting from the cable end)
+ - + + - + + - + + - +
13-24 follow the same pattern
Handily the diode test on my meter not only gave the forward voltage, but also illuminated the LED's
In total I think I replaced 4, and reflowed one group of 3 which sometimes flickered. All you need is a basic soldering iron
Best include a link to the LED's
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185441246744No photo's of the finished result (you know what a good one looks like anyway), but here's a photo of the components prior to reassembly
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