145 headlight replacement

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Gary Heston, Dec 9, 2003.

  1. Gary Heston

    Gary Heston Guest

    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
     
    Gary Heston, Dec 9, 2003
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