help replacing 97 Infiniti I30 dome light bulb

Hello, I need to replace the interior dome light (cabin light, whatever you
prefer to call it) in a 1997 Infiniti I30. I bought the light that the
book at the store suggested, but that's as far as I could go... because I
can't get the dead bulb out!

The base of the light bulb appears to be held in some sort of retaining
clip and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get it out. In fact
I pulled on the thing and fiddled around so much that the dead bulb came
out of the housing, but the housing is still firmly in the socket! What am
I doing wrong???

On 1/3/05 4:41 PM, in article Xns95D39658C3195IDToken.RemoveThis@204.127.199.17,
"Electron" <electron.RemoveThis@nucleus.com> wrote:

 > Hello, I need to replace the interior dome light (cabin light, whatever you
 > prefer to call it) in a 1997 Infiniti I30. I bought the light that the
 > book at the store suggested, but that's as far as I could go... because I
 > can't get the dead bulb out!
 >
 > The base of the light bulb appears to be held in some sort of retaining
 > clip and for the life of me I can't figure out how to get it out. In fact
 > I pulled on the thing and fiddled around so much that the dead bulb came
 > out of the housing, but the housing is still firmly in the socket! What am
 > I doing wrong???

Have you checked the owners manual? If memory serves, the one that came
with my '97 addressed replacing bulbs in the owner-maintenance/DIY section.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->