Kim Lee strikes again... On Sat, Jun 16, 2018, 18:30 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
