i bought my SHO about 6 weeks ago and i thought i did a good job of finding the issues a used car has and getting the dealer to fix them. well, i missed one... and a big one at that. my driver side outer tail light has a crack and it let in a ton of water during the recent rain storms. my turn signal started flashing really fast indicating a blow bulb and then noticed the brake light isn't working. I found the crack in the lens (how i didn't see it at the dealer is beyond me) and found an ocean of water inside the lens
unfortunately, a new tail lamp assembly from Ford (tasca) is $621, rockauto is $563 and LKQ is $400. i found one on ebay for $336 shipped so i bought that.
getting the lamp assembly out is simple.
disconnect the grey connector and remove the 3 nuts.
then just pull on the black grommet and the wires will come loose.
that brown goo by the trunk support strut was under the black plastic of the tail lamp assembly. it was a slimy, nasty film.
