Hello everyone it's 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today how to replace the
brake light bulb on your Vespa GTS, right let's get cracking
If you're going to be working on the Vespa make sure you've got lovely cup of tea.
This is the Vespa GTS model here and this one is actually a GTS 300 and there's a
link above now about the 7 things that I love about my Vespa GTS 300, it's definitely
worth checking out that video if you're thinking of buying one second hand. Okay so
I'm just gonna put the ignition on and when you do the tail light bulb comes on
and if you squeeze either of the front or rear brakes then the brake light
bulb should come on, let's just zoom in here and that is the brake light bulb
there, now to get this out you're going to need to remove the rear bulb cluster
housing and you're gonna need a Torx allen key or screwdriver, also known as a
tamper proof bit or a star sprocket, now if you're lucky enough to have the
original GTS toolbox then you will have the Torx allen key in here you can use
this to remove that, I'm just going to use my own one for today, and you're
going to need a 12 volt 16 watt capless bulb and this is a clear bulb.
Okay so just get the Torx allen key on that nut and turn it anti-clockwise
and there's a link above now about 5 things that I hate about my Vespa GTS
300, again it's definitely worth checking that out if you're thinking of buying
one second hand. Okay so the rear bulb cluster housing, what you're doing is
you're just pulling that downwards and out towards you just give it a wiggle
but don't yank it off because obviously the bulbs are plugged in so you don't
want to damage that wire, let's just turn it over here and you've got those two
brackets there and they just sit in the holes in the chassis at the top there
and that's what holds it in place,
now what we need to do is to just unplug the connector you don't actually have to
do this if you don't want to, it just makes it slightly easier, so just push
that button at the top and then it will just slide out, there we go then just lay
it on a rag on the floor don't lay it directly on the concrete you don't want
to scratch it all, and there is a link above about the fuse box location and
how to check the fuses on your Vespa GTS, right the brake light bulb is the one in
the middle and what you do with this you don't pull it out you need to turn it
anti-clockwise and then pull it out, as you can see there it's got a slight
groove just like a normal light bulb that you would have at home, and then to
remove the bulb just pop it out, just pull it out towards you, so it's a capless
bulb and then take your brand new bulb and make sure it's exactly the same, it's
a 12 volt 16 watt bulb and it's a clear bulb that you want, now to put that back
in you just push it into the housing it doesn't matter which way around it goes,
just push it all the way in make sure you've got a good connection, and then to
get it back into the bulb cluster housing just line it up with the grooves
push it in gently and then turn it clockwise about 15 or 20 degrees and
there we go, and there's a link above now about the battery location and how to
check the battery on your Vespa GTS,
all right let's get this bulb cluster housing back on, so the first we need to
do is just plug the connector back in, this can only go in one way so you can't
get it the wrong way around and damage it, and now what we're doing is we're
putting the bulb cluster housing in but put it in slightly lower and then push
it upwards into those holes, so put it in slightly lower and then push it upwards
and just give it a tap at the bottom and then that nut should line up at the
bottom, and you can just get the nut back in, now with any nuts just put them in by
hand first because you don't want to damage the thread, once the threads
caught there you can then use your Torx allen key just to tighten that up and
there's a link above now about how to put your Vespa on the center stand.
Okay so we just need to test this out so just put the ignition on and then
squeeze either the front or the back brake, there we go absolutely fantastic,
nice DIY job, great stuff great stuff.
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