How to replace ceramic bulb housing in halogen 4 bar light?

[mistermusty]

Hi I have a 4 bar halogen light in my living room and the ceramic housing for one of the bulbs has broken. I've sourced a replacement which is basically the ceramic housing (which the bulb plugs into) with two 4 inch wires coming out of it. However I can't remove the leftovers of the previous one from the light as I can't remove the metal shield (the shade for the light) which the whole housing fixes inside of and therefore can't detach the wires at the back.

Can anyone suggest how I could overcome this?

the ceramic part has 'fortune ft10u t300 250v 2A' written on it if that helps?

thanks for any help.
Steve

 

[sparkwright]

chuck it away and get a new fitting.
doesn't sound worth the aggro.
if you can get exactly the same one, keep the receipt and exchange the old one for another new one and stick it in another room.

 

[333rocky333]

if you post a picture, we may have some idea.