MadDog
Veteran CEG'er
I found a pretty good looking headlamp assembly at a local yard. I would like to replace my passenger's side unit due to a broken tab. I have a few questions about the headlamp.
1) Is the rubber ring in the first picture removable ? I would like to tear down the assembly as far as I can and clean and re-assemble but I am not sure if the rubber ring is supposed to come out.
2) The male socket on the lamp in the second picture has 2 tabs that lock the female end in. However, every time I try and pull the socket apart while inspecting a headlamp assembly at the junkyard the locking tabs on the female end snap off. Is there any way to prevent this damage ? Warming the tabs up with a heat gun ? If they do break off, is there some sort of replacement I can add to keep the sockets locked ?
3) The tab. This is always the tab that breaks (third picture). 90% of the headlamp assemblies at the junkyard have this tab broken. Is there a good way to reinforce this tab ? I heard of someone putting a layer of JB weld on it.
thanks,
Mad Dog
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1) Is the rubber ring in the first picture removable ? I would like to tear down the assembly as far as I can and clean and re-assemble but I am not sure if the rubber ring is supposed to come out.
2) The male socket on the lamp in the second picture has 2 tabs that lock the female end in. However, every time I try and pull the socket apart while inspecting a headlamp assembly at the junkyard the locking tabs on the female end snap off. Is there any way to prevent this damage ? Warming the tabs up with a heat gun ? If they do break off, is there some sort of replacement I can add to keep the sockets locked ?
3) The tab. This is always the tab that breaks (third picture). 90% of the headlamp assemblies at the junkyard have this tab broken. Is there a good way to reinforce this tab ? I heard of someone putting a layer of JB weld on it.
thanks,
Mad Dog
Note to admin: I can never upload files that are more than 100K or so. Is there a way to increase the file size limit ?