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I Have A Dessicated Frog In My Tail Light

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Old 12-06-2012, 02:06 PM
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I Have A Dessicated Frog In My Tail Light

Somehow a small frog made its way into the tail light of my 2005 W211 and died there. The manual says the unit is sealed and should be taken to a dealer for any servicing. Obviously the unit can't be sealed that well if a frog got in there and I'd hate to take it to the dealer just for this.

Before I start taking the inner trunk panels off to get to the tail light, I thought I'd broach the subject here to see what I might be getting myself into.

What's the deal?
Old 12-06-2012, 02:32 PM
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That is a sign of good luck in some developing countries---why screw with mother nature
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Because I don't live in another country. I drive a Mercedes with a dead frog in the tail light. It looks weird here!
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lol, sorry I can't help here but thats a funny story
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the board that holds all the bulbs can be removed from the light with a few bolts... depending on which area of the light it is in will determine how difficult it's going to be to fish it out but i dont see if being a problem to get him out
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I'd certainly want to get rib of it.
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I'd certainly want to get rib of it.

Haha, really?!
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This is a very odd coincidence! We just sold a BMW the other day that had a dried up frog in the tail light! We just removed the bulb and went in with a flexible grabber thingy and plucked it out! Good luck!
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I would like to see this...
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Found a pic for those that want to see a dead frog in a tail light...
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I couldn't get a good pic of it in the tail light but here it is after we plucked it out.

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