Headlight bulb problems..can anyone advise?
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Old Timer
Headlight bulb problems..can anyone advise?
ooked fine, nothing was broken or snapped inside and it looked fine. its new ish and the gass is like blue on the inside, some sort or upmarket malarky.
Anyway when the one light broke, the sidelight (the indicator) light was on, and if I put the sidelights on then the opposite side sidelight would be on, but nothing else would be.
So I swapped the bulbs around rther carefully, to see if one was faulty, and now neither work… but the sidelights work fine… any help?
Thanks
Dom
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Local Hero
Are you sure you didn't touch the H4 bulb when you fitted them? Doing so can cause a hot spot drasticly reduce the lifespan.
Are they rated at 55 Watts? If higher I'm not sure a standard loom will be able to cope. I know these bulbs can be bought with a 100 Watt rating, okay in a modern car but not so in a Mk1.
Have you checked the wiring? Halogens get very hot and could have simply melted the block connector.
Lastly do give the fuses a good check, I myself have a very temperamental fuse box that loves to play tricks on me.
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Old Timer
They were installed by the previous owner so I don't know if they have been touched.
When I removed them I made sure I didn't touch them..
Will have a check tomorrow about the fuses…
The bulbs work on high beam though, I forgot to mention…?!
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Old Timer
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Old Timer
I changed the bulbs and the new ones are good and working now. The old ones were 80/100w and I saw no signs of an uprated loom…
So bought some around the 60w mark….
thanks
Dom
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