I swapped out my normal halogen bulbs today (Main and dip beams) as they are crap...you get more light from a tea light candle than the "55 watt" halogens, so I decided to do the direction/fog lights as well at the same time, replaced everything with 60 watt LED bulbs (This is the equivalent of each bulb rated at 600 watts of halogen power) and wow what a difference, I can see in the dark now! Thank you Alan for your comprehensive run down on getting the headlights out of this (stupid design) vehicle, it made one hell of a difference, to do both sides was a total of 3 hours, cheers mate! Oh and Monica makes the video's worth watching!
Morning Alan 😃 Lovely bobby hat on Monica from behind lol 😆 Only one coffee tut tut 😞 Yes a lot of people would be frightened of changing a headlight bulb 🙈 Have a nice weekend see ya 👋 Stevie
@@adwol48 mine gives a yellow loght, I saw one movie about VAG and probably mine needs cleaning because that plastic tube gets yellow. I will check when it gets warm outside
Hi Alan I have a 2013 mondeo zetec and I'm trying to change the front fog light bulb. Can you tell me if the complete foglight assembly has to be removed in order to do this or can I remove the undertray and access the bulb from underneath? Thanks
"Bulb only fits in one way" - you mean it only fits in Correctly one way, Halfords Store staff seem perfectly capable installing them wrong. What on earth ford thinking making a simple job like a headlight removal so stupid, my old mk2.5 focus was two torx screws, job done.
This is an absolutely ridiculous amount of effort to change a headlight bulb. Modern cars are not designed to come apart easily, it's almost like the manufacturer wants to to use their dealer network 🤔
Good work Alan nice looking car them mondeos the st line model is very nice ford makes good all round cars fiesta focus Kuga transit all good vehicles nice to drive 👍😀😀😀😀
Hi Alan One question i have... How do you take out the central assembly for changing the light inside in the mondeo mk5 2015? Your great.. Congratulations.... Your video made me change almost everything on my mondeo mk4 and mk5. Best Regards from Romania.
Hi Allan I have noticed that when I switch on my headlights, my right hand fog light comes on. If I turn steering wheel to left it changes to the left hand side. But when driving the right hand side one remains on. But sometimes it will go off. But if I turn lights on and off it comes back on. Any idea what would cause this.
they are called cornering lights to illuminate right or left fog lamp depending whether you are turning left or right, not sure if you can disable them in your settings, they seem a bit pointless to me ..just another function that causes more confusion than any practicable use
yes thats right, first they had hid conversions as mot failures now they have brought in halogen to led conversions as failure..but i guess if the tester cant see the led bulb if its behind a projector lens then it cant be failed
@@alan4x agreed however I think an average tester can tell the difference when the lights are turned on... Since I got you to reply please.. Can you tell me if you have found a more permanent solution to the oil leak coming from the hp pump? I. E. Apply sealant to the gasket??
@@JP-lz4fp on the oil leak i just fit a new gasket and they are ok..i guess it wouldn't hurt to put gasket sealant on as well but as i haven't i don't know if it would stop the oil leak in the long term
Alen edit the title to include front bumper removal. As these cars get older people will want to know just how to remove the bumper but that won't come up in a search and you could be missing out on some well earned you tube cash mate
That is some serious underengineering, especially the headlights. When you use stuff like Nightbreakers that have to be changed once a year this a huge failure. My Focus Mk3 has two screws on each headlight and you can easily take them out without dismanteling anything else.
Jesus, even my Lotus isn't this bad. Turn wheel outwards, remove wheel arch liner access panel, 3 easy bolts and the whole light comes out. That car doesn't even have a bonnet and they managed to make it easy!
The designers should be made to change them before they leave the factory. Ford want you to get they dealer to do it. What would be the labour charge for this?
I stopped taking car manufacturers seriously once they made the decision to make it impossible to change bulbs without taking a bumper off. A pox on all of their houses. I think thats just put me off the Mondeo. I seem to remember VW started it.
Modern fog lights are useless, fogs are for use instead of dip beam and with side lights :( Thats what the construction and use regs say ! Old school fogs were fantastic in pea soup, not these new ones :( There are actually 2 different versions of the lamp assembly.
Good news is that unless you're the kind of gormless, self-abusing prat who drives around with fog-lights on all the time, the few times a year you really need fog-lights in this country mean those bulbs should last 5X the life of the car under normal circumstances.
I could watch Monica leave all day 😘 really don’t know how you get any work done at all Alan 😄. Keep it going 👍
i could more than watch monika theres a lot of things i could do with her
I swapped out my normal halogen bulbs today (Main and dip beams) as they are crap...you get more light from a tea light candle than the "55 watt" halogens, so I decided to do the direction/fog lights as well at the same time, replaced everything with 60 watt LED bulbs (This is the equivalent of each bulb rated at 600 watts of halogen power) and wow what a difference, I can see in the dark now! Thank you Alan for your comprehensive run down on getting the headlights out of this (stupid design) vehicle, it made one hell of a difference, to do both sides was a total of 3 hours, cheers mate! Oh and Monica makes the video's worth watching!
Monica keeping fit as on youtube now!
The more of these I watch,the less I want a mk5 mondeo.
Long live my mk4 😂
Morning Alan 😃 Lovely bobby hat on Monica from behind lol 😆 Only one coffee tut tut 😞 Yes a lot of people would be frightened of changing a headlight bulb 🙈 Have a nice weekend see ya 👋 Stevie
I’d love to work at this garage, I’d get to see Monica everyday!
Always wait for these videos
I’ll be sticking with my Mk4 thanks 👍
OOO sutch a massive work to change a Bulb,, i LOVE my mk4 :) sorry for my bad spelling i am from Sweden ;)
Great video.Does any one no if you can repair a dull dry.???
Lovin the vids Alan and Monica is soooo fit 😀
Allan can you get the running lights separate or does it come as a full unit
hi, the daytime running lights do come superstate from the fog lamps
Why did Ford change what was a brilliant idea with the Mk3? Sliders at either side of the unit and the headlight is out!
The 0.25 playback speed is so handy for getting a close look at the finer details in this video.
Poor man
Alan great upstanding guy,!! and entertainment Value superb lol
Eternal thanks for your great vids.
Thought my mark 4 was complicated
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chaio
Namaste
thanks edwin
Hi, I want to ask about that daytime running light's (2:51) where I can buy that unit? It is replaceable? Thanks for video👍
looking for these also mine are slightly different colours and quite dim
@@adwol48 mine gives a yellow loght, I saw one movie about VAG and probably mine needs cleaning because that plastic tube gets yellow. I will check when it gets warm outside
Very good vewing nice to watch a person who knows what there are doing
Yeah....it was alright Al !!!!
Hi Alan I have a 2013 mondeo zetec and I'm trying to change the front fog light bulb. Can you tell me if the complete foglight assembly has to be removed in order to do this or can I remove the undertray and access the bulb from underneath? Thanks
"Bulb only fits in one way" - you mean it only fits in Correctly one way, Halfords Store staff seem perfectly capable installing them wrong.
What on earth ford thinking making a simple job like a headlight removal so stupid, my old mk2.5 focus was two torx screws, job done.
How fog lights adjustment?
TANKIOU ALAN MONIKA
I got an Mk5 2017. Lucky you there is only a bastard internal clip to remove, on my car it's a 10mm bolt, I didn't manage to unscrew it with a key yet
me too I'm struggling right now
I did with a joint wrench
WoW thats certainly put me off from upgrading my bulbs myself.....
This is an absolutely ridiculous amount of effort to change a headlight bulb.
Modern cars are not designed to come apart easily, it's almost like the manufacturer wants to to use their dealer network 🤔
Or the A & E dept
Great video and explanation think I will take to garage to do bulb change lol😮
Good work Alan nice looking car them mondeos the st line model is very nice ford makes good all round cars fiesta focus Kuga transit all good vehicles nice to drive 👍😀😀😀😀
Can you tel mee what LED or bulb the DAYTIME LED RUNNING LIGHTS have because i wan yo change my one please ?
Hi Alan
One question i have... How do you take out the central assembly for changing the light inside in the mondeo mk5 2015?
Your great.. Congratulations.... Your video made me change almost everything on my mondeo mk4 and mk5. Best Regards from Romania.
Great video thanks very helpful
Hi Allan I have noticed that when I switch on my headlights, my right hand fog light comes on. If I turn steering wheel to left it changes to the left hand side. But when driving the right hand side one remains on. But sometimes it will go off. But if I turn lights on and off it comes back on. Any idea what would cause this.
they are called cornering lights to illuminate right or left fog lamp depending whether you are turning left or right, not sure if you can disable them in your settings, they seem a bit pointless to me ..just another function that causes more confusion than any practicable use
Isn't that an Mot failure nowadays? They don't allow to modify Halogen lights anymore.?
yes thats right, first they had hid conversions as mot failures now they have brought in halogen to led conversions as failure..but i guess if the tester cant see the led bulb if its behind a projector lens then it cant be failed
@@alan4x agreed however I think an average tester can tell the difference when the lights are turned on... Since I got you to reply please.. Can you tell me if you have found a more permanent solution to the oil leak coming from the hp pump? I. E. Apply sealant to the gasket??
@@JP-lz4fp on the oil leak i just fit a new gasket and they are ok..i guess it wouldn't hurt to put gasket sealant on as well but as i haven't i don't know if it would stop the oil leak in the long term
bravo inginier
Alen edit the title to include front bumper removal. As these cars get older people will want to know just how to remove the bumper but that won't come up in a search and you could be missing out on some well earned you tube cash mate
You are the best
what is the point by changing the day time light ? i mean you are not going to get in trouble could you ???
Hello Alan do you have a video on how to remove your middle break light on a Ford Mondeo m4 thank you btw you are amasing keep it up!!
- MaTeOo I will do one today and upload later
@@alan4x Thank you Alan you are a life saver :D
Yep, watch the lad at Halfords do that under the gazebo for a fiver. Bloody hell!
Under a big top at a circus would seem more appropriate....😃😂😁😄
That is some serious underengineering, especially the headlights. When you use stuff like Nightbreakers that have to be changed once a year this a huge failure. My Focus Mk3 has two screws on each headlight and you can easily take them out without dismanteling anything else.
Self Scraping Chews is a better name for them :)
And of course if you use a cheap replacement bulb or contaminate the glass you'll end up with yet even more experience changing one.
Hello Alan,
Can you please help me where to get mk5 wiring diagrams? Or is here anybody who can help? Thnx
Yes Alan lad
Jesus, even my Lotus isn't this bad. Turn wheel outwards, remove wheel arch liner access panel, 3 easy bolts and the whole light comes out. That car doesn't even have a bonnet and they managed to make it easy!
I would broke half off that bumper when Monica walk's in.no wonder you doing video in reverse, it's probably 3 or 4 bumper
The designers should be made to change them before they leave the factory. Ford want you to get they dealer to do it. What would be the labour charge for this?
RUclips is recommending a brake job by you. I'm sure you have taken the transmission out for this
I wanted to change my fog light bulbs to LED - not going to bother too much work, ridiculous.
The French invented this,try changing bulbs in a Megane II,good luck
At least the Megane gave you an access hole
They could always introduce changing a mk5 headlamp bulb as a new act under a big top at a circus. 😃😂😁😀😄
And here I thought my FG falcon was a faff to change globes
lol
on the mk 2 and 3 it was easy two long steels remove headlight out built now for ford to make more money me thinks
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The uks main mondeo majician... :) with monica... alll the mmmss :) N x
Y'know what, I'll just pay you to do the job, so much easier 😎
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I stopped taking car manufacturers seriously once they made the decision to make it impossible to change bulbs without taking a bumper off. A pox on all of their houses. I think thats just put me off the Mondeo. I seem to remember VW started it.
Alan Howat
Modern fog lights are useless, fogs are for use instead of dip beam and with side lights :( Thats what the construction and use regs say ! Old school fogs were fantastic in pea soup, not these new ones :( There are actually 2 different versions of the lamp assembly.
Hi Alan, do you have a video how to change bump inside of mondeo mk5 thr ones above the reverse mirror?
So easier just taking the bumper off
I think your driver need to pass his driving test or a visit to speck-savers
What a palaver for a bulb
yep lol
Is it just me or there is a problem with the audio??
Ok lmao, freaking thing is annoying
Nothing wrong with the audio! Alan explains the noise is from the garage heater fan 2:17 😏
Good news is that unless you're the kind of gormless, self-abusing prat who drives around with fog-lights on all the time, the few times a year you really need fog-lights in this country mean those bulbs should last 5X the life of the car under normal circumstances.
Except when you bash the bumper of course.
Tnkioúprofeseure
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На Форд чтоб залить бензин надо пол авто разбирать 😂😂😂