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Gary Heston
Greetings;
The right headlight on my '72 145 has apparently developed a
bad connection internally; low beam doesn't come on right away and
will blink on or off at random intervals. I tried cleaning and
applying dielectric grease to the contacts on the lamp as well as
cleaning/greasing all the connections to the stepper relay with
no luck, so I picked up a pair of replacement lamps last night.
However, I can't find the book, and don't see an obvious way to
get the old lamp out. There are a couple of white plastic things
showing through the upper part of the lamp housing; are these
releases of some kind? (They're missing on the left housing; there's
what looks like a piece of coat hanger wire wrapped around something
inside the housing with both ends sticking out of a hole on the
top. The lamp is loose, so this looks like a typical repair by the
previous owner, which I'd like to fix properly.)
The old lamps are incandescent, and I'm replacing them with halogens,
so I'll need to be in the left side anyway. I'd prefer to not break
anything experimenting, so tips would be appreciated.
Tips on aligning the lights after replacement would also be useful.
Thanks,
Gary
The right headlight on my '72 145 has apparently developed a
bad connection internally; low beam doesn't come on right away and
will blink on or off at random intervals. I tried cleaning and
applying dielectric grease to the contacts on the lamp as well as
cleaning/greasing all the connections to the stepper relay with
no luck, so I picked up a pair of replacement lamps last night.
However, I can't find the book, and don't see an obvious way to
get the old lamp out. There are a couple of white plastic things
showing through the upper part of the lamp housing; are these
releases of some kind? (They're missing on the left housing; there's
what looks like a piece of coat hanger wire wrapped around something
inside the housing with both ends sticking out of a hole on the
top. The lamp is loose, so this looks like a typical repair by the
previous owner, which I'd like to fix properly.)
The old lamps are incandescent, and I'm replacing them with halogens,
so I'll need to be in the left side anyway. I'd prefer to not break
anything experimenting, so tips would be appreciated.
Tips on aligning the lights after replacement would also be useful.
Thanks,
Gary