Issues!

[badinvincible]

This is the nearside connection for the main beam bulb on my Ph1 172 -

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/badinvincible/mike024.jpg

The light doesnt work...
This is the connection on the bulb -

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/badinvincible/mike028.jpg

As you can see, its melted to f**k...
It should be like http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/badinvincible/mike025.jpgthis and http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/badinvincible/mike026.jpgthis

The side that isnt melted works fine. The side that IS melted doesnt work at all. I tried putting the melted bulb (element is still there) onto the unmelted connection and that doesnt work either.

Can anyone help...?

 

[Gareth]

oh dear.

 

[badinvincible]

I know, there isnt much room to work with either.

 

[Has]

did u have to powerfull bulbs in there?

where they somethign like the Halfords Rally ones|

Or simply standard bulbs :S

 

[badinvincible]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/badinvincible/mike029.jpgKnackered one and http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/badinvincible/mike030.jpgworking one

Small print is the same.

Saying that, I did have to change the bulb for the "melted" one a good few months ago, I got the bulb from Renault.

 

[badinvincible]

Anyone? MOT due next month so I really need this fixed.

 

[KDF]

Sorry to hear your still have troubles with this. All i can say is that the melting is normally caused by too much current being drawn through too small a core wire, which generates heat etc.

Its a little bit like a lightbulb.. put enough current through a high resistence bit of wire and it gets white hot.

 

[Clarkie172]

u will have to get new connecor mate and in linbe crimp it! easy job but will prob be fiddly as theres not much room!

 

[badinvincible]

inbe crimp?

 

[Lunner]

Just cut the conenctor off, solder the wires together and insulate....or if you wanna be able to remove then use spade/bullet connectors

 

[StevieP]

Ouch, problems all over the shop, hope you can get your hands in there ok, theres fap all room in there ay.

 

[badinvincible]

Aye, thats right. Tighter than a gnats chuff down there, especially in the first picture.

 

[StevieP]

They look like cold air/airbox pipes in the first picture, rip them straight out!!!