The black portion of the seat belt light on my 2511 is a push-in piece, not threaded with a nut on the backside.
I believe the bulb holder portion just presses into the black portion.
Depending on the free wire length, you might be able to just pull out the lamp to check the bulb filaments.
Larry
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