mp470 Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Hi all, I've started replacing the big old headlight bulbs and stupidly did not look up how to do it properly. I ended up removing the whole headlight assembly instead of the grille and now having some trouble getting it back in with the spring tension and all. Any advice or tricks? Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctubutis Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 I don't remember anything special about about those parts but nor do I remember the assembly instructions, I guess I'd just figure it out. If you can't get unstuck, maybe post a pic or 2 to here showing the specific situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Would this help? http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/headlights-and-turn-signals.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp470 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Would this help? http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/headlights-and-turn-signals.html It definitely does, thanks. I will try it with the bulb out now that I know it can be done. It was late last night and was getting frustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 It definitely does, thanks. I will try it with the bulb out now that I know it can be done. It was late last night and was getting frustrated. Glad it helps. You might want to poke around this site and see what else is there. There are over 350 pages of documentation on the Bullnose trucks, and that grows almost daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp470 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Glad it helps. You might want to poke around this site and see what else is there. There are over 350 pages of documentation on the Bullnose trucks, and that grows almost daily. I did look for the headlight section but did not come across the page you linked earlier. All I found was the headlight wiring harness page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 I did look for the headlight section but did not come across the page you linked earlier. All I found was the headlight wiring harness page. And, you've just pointed out a major problem in the way I set up pages early on. Here's a screenshot of that Headlight page. If you'll notice it says absolutely nothing about headlights, other than in the links at the top of the page. When Google is crawling a site to find out what is on it in order to find it when you search it ignores links. So Google doesn't know that the page has anything at all to do with headlights. And, therefore, when you use the search function at the top of the page looking for "headlight", as I just did, it does not find this page. Ok, I need to update a bunch of pages! Soon Google will be able to find them, but not until I upgrade them and then Google's bots crawl the pages again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp470 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 And, you've just pointed out a major problem in the way I set up pages early on. Here's a screenshot of that Headlight page. If you'll notice it says absolutely nothing about headlights, other than in the links at the top of the page. When Google is crawling a site to find out what is on it in order to find it when you search it ignores links. So Google doesn't know that the page has anything at all to do with headlights. And, therefore, when you use the search function at the top of the page looking for "headlight", as I just did, it does not find this page. Ok, I need to update a bunch of pages! Soon Google will be able to find them, but not until I upgrade them and then Google's bots crawl the pages again. Interesting, it's under fasteners of all places. It doesn't hurt to browse other sections that you aren't looking for at the time, always end up learning something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 2, 2017 Share Posted September 2, 2017 Interesting, it's under fasteners of all places. It doesn't hurt to browse other sections that you aren't looking for at the time, always end up learning something. Yes, it doesn't hurt to browse. BUT, you are supposed to be able to use the search function at the top of the page to find something on the site. However, said something cannot be found if there are no words describing it. I wish there was an emoticon with egg on its face. I've just realized that not a one of my Cooling System pages was visible to Google's search engine because there was no text telling of the gold mine of information on those pages. Just like the Fastener pages. So I've now added verbiage to the Cooling System and Fastener pages that will let Google find them. And I have a lot more pages to work through - although not tonight. This web site has been, and will continue to be I'm sure, a learning experience. I started it a little less than two years ago with just a few pages, and now we are well over 350. But, along the way I've learned a bit about what Google is looking for when the bots "crawl" a site - words describing what information is on that page. And pages that don't have those words cannot be found with a Google search. I recently upgraded the verbiage on the page for engine perches and the one for towing capacity, and those pages are now getting found in searches much more frequently. So tonight's work should similarly boost the usage of the cooling system and fastener pages. And, since my goal is to have the world's most helpful site to Bullnose owners, this should significantly help in that regard. So, thank you for finding the problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp470 Posted September 2, 2017 Author Share Posted September 2, 2017 Yes, it doesn't hurt to browse. BUT, you are supposed to be able to use the search function at the top of the page to find something on the site. However, said something cannot be found if there are no words describing it. I wish there was an emoticon with egg on its face. I've just realized that not a one of my Cooling System pages was visible to Google's search engine because there was no text telling of the gold mine of information on those pages. Just like the Fastener pages. So I've now added verbiage to the Cooling System and Fastener pages that will let Google find them. And I have a lot more pages to work through - although not tonight. This web site has been, and will continue to be I'm sure, a learning experience. I started it a little less than two years ago with just a few pages, and now we are well over 350. But, along the way I've learned a bit about what Google is looking for when the bots "crawl" a site - words describing what information is on that page. And pages that don't have those words cannot be found with a Google search. I recently upgraded the verbiage on the page for engine perches and the one for towing capacity, and those pages are now getting found in searches much more frequently. So tonight's work should similarly boost the usage of the cooling system and fastener pages. And, since my goal is to have the world's most helpful site to Bullnose owners, this should significantly help in that regard. So, thank you for finding the problem! Glad to contribute in some way other than knowledge about these trucks which I don't have much of quite yet. This site really is much more helpful than one of the bigger more general forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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