Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:13:06 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Thanks to all of you - and HEADLIGHT REPAIR!
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Next, gotta figure out why my new license plate bulb is dimmer than the old
one.
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License Plate Lights - Just switch them both out for the dim bulbs. The law
just says they need to work.
As for the headlight. Get the water evaporated by cooking the light in the
household oven for about an hour at 175 degrees. (hole point up).
Abrade the little hole area with wet/dry sandpaper and seal it with super
glue. Use a razor blade and shave the excess super-glue off to the proper
surface match.
You can rebuild the headlight mounting plastic parts with J-B weld or
similasr product. Just use clear packing tape to build a mold around the
broken part and drill the proper size hole after it's set properly.
Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:35 AM
Subject: Thanks to all of you - and HEADLIGHT REPAIR!
> Thank you very much, everyone who replied to my emails of yesterday. I
> really did want to hear lots of views on transportation modes, and I
> appreciate all of your replies.
>
> This morning I took to the headlight with the Bentley and the screwdriver,
> removed the assembly, drained out the water, and I'm studying the pinhole.
>
> I had a couple of suggestions on pinhole repair - clear silicone, aquarium
> sealant, and a windshield stone chip repair kit. Are these actually all
> essentially the same? Any advice on sealing the tiny hole before I start?
> Sealant outside the lens or inside? Or some of each?
>
> I also had a couple of warnings not to break the plastic housing into
which
> the headlight assembly screws. Well, the PO already did that for me. The
> outer (low, rectangular) beams are attached with three screws, two on the
> inside (relative to the edge of the van) and one on the outside. The
> housing on the outside screws of both headlights is basically gone. In
> fact, the headlights have wiggled in place for as long as I've had the
van -
> I'm surprised the inspectors didn't get me on that.
>
> Can I replace the housing? Or is there some other recommended fix for
that?
>
> And I'm going to be a little less of a goody-two-shoes, and take the van
to
> a different inspector, blow another $15, and hopefully she'll pass
> inspection with my sealed headlight.
>
> Next, gotta figure out why my new license plate bulb is dimmer than the
old
> one.
>
> Maybe I'm even educable on the subject of really minor repairs?
>
>
>
> Joy
>
> p.s. To the fulltimers list - my apologies for this mechanical post! :-)
>
>
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> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
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