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Finally replaced the busted on that came with the car in 2005. PO records showed that Volvo of Nashville recommended a replacement, customer declined ($$$).
Found a good one in eBay. A mere $85, at my door. Took about an hour to install. The nuts on the three bolts are accessed through a hole that my large hand woud not even squeeze through.
The tip that saved the day: The hole, normally covered by a pop-off-able panel, is surrounded by carpet-covered trim. In frustration I pulled on the trim, and the part along the bottom of the hole came a bit loose.
There is a hole through the body metal hidden by the trim. It is large enough to fit my 10mm 1/2-inch drive socket through, after a bit of wiggling about. Used a long extension on the socket.
Actually there are two such holes, each directly in line with one of the lower nut/bolts. Once the socket was poked under the trim and into the tail light cavity, it was quite easy to get the nuts off. Note that the upper bolt is quite simple.
Once off, the next step is a bit of cleanig and waxing around the place the tail light fits on the fender. Next is putting the wires on the new light. The lamp housing has colored markers by each light that go with the colors of the wires. No language barrier no problem.
Then, with minimal training, I got the wife.sig (much smaller hands) to get the nuts started. Wrenched them tight and the lamp sealed up to the fender nicely.
Nice to have a tail light with no red tape covering where the bottom lens was missing.
If you must do the same job, find those holes and save scraping off any skin.
Good Luck,
Bob
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