Thanks for that observation. Maybe grinding the bulb holder is the better approach. That would keep it oriented properly. The socket connector is oriented a certain way so that is an indication of how it should go.
Dremel time tomorrow... --R Sent from iPhone > On Jun 16, 2018, at 8:12 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > IMHO, plain bulbs are superior. None of this blue crap 'upgrade'. > > The bulbs and holders are keyed, so that the light originates from exactly > the > right place within the reflector. With two filaments to consider, the > geometry > really _is_ that tight. I would not butcher the headlamps, I'd grind a bulb > before I did that. But if you do, expect it to not work correctly, maybe > have > an incorrect low-beam cutoff and blind oncoming drivers. > > If you wanted to do that, get a newer vehicle with HID headlamps. > > -- Jim > > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> This is weird. I ordered some new bulb socket connectors, supposedly >> ceramic, for the SEC since both of the old ones had melted. Got those >> soldered on no problem. >> >> Go to put the bulbs back in the headlamp housing and they won't go in >> right. I'm sure they were in there OK when I took them out (turns out I >> didn't have to, should have left well enough alone...). The bulb holders >> have 3 little slots on them and the left side housing has 3 little tabs >> (one is missing but that's OK), 2 of the three look to be slightly bigger >> than the other one as do the slots on the holders. The right side seems to >> have 4 tabs in the housing and of course the bulb holder will not go in >> there. All the replacements seem to have 3 slots, which the ones that I >> have do, but I absolutely cannot get them to go in and seat over those >> little tabs. >> >> This is really weird, the bulbs/holders should just slide right in then >> the round holder thing goes over the bulb holder, 3 tabs go into slots and >> then you rotate the holder to tighten it down. Without the bulb holder >> fully seating this thing won't go into the slots so it can be turned to >> tighten it and hold the bulb in. >> >> I have no idea what to do here other than just grind off the tabs in the >> headlamp backing that the bulbs go into, they don't seem to be absolutely >> necessary, they just keep the bulb in sorta the right orientation though >> I'm not sure that makes a big difference to anything. >> >> Looking at new bulbs, here is another thing too. A single bulb Amazon >> Prime is $10.35 and a two pack is $31.96. I could buy 3 singles for the >> price of two. Whussup with that? >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Philips-9004-X-tremeVision-Upgrade- >> Headlight/dp/B016ZY470I/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid= >> 1529185676&sr=8-24&keywords=1991+mercedes+560sec+headlight+bulb >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Philips-9004XVB2-X-tremeVision- >> Upgrade-Headlight/dp/B01C5QY6TC/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8& >> qid=1529185676&sr=8-7&keywords=1991+mercedes+560sec+headlight+bulb >> >> I guess I don't need any new bulbs since the others seemed to work, just >> the sockets melted. >> >> -- >> --FT >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
