Yes Stuart, I'm leaning that direction as the cause of the fault. That particular block connector was very very tight onto the panel. I think at one time I struggled with it, to remove to add some silicone grease to the connections. I think I might have given up, I did manage to grease the other blocks. Alistair > On Dec 4, 2016, at 12:48 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > > High resistance at the connector caused the overheating. More current, > loose contact in the connection, corrosion, etc. It's highly likely you > will not have any more problems with your fix. This is a chronic problem on > old MGBs with bullet connectors too, but they can be sanded clean and the > female ends easily re-formed with pliers, but often they break from > corrosion. Gotta love the old car hobby, always something to do! > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Alistair Bell > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2016 10:31 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Headlight low beam failure > > I was a bit hesitant posting this in my blog, might be that I was pushing > too many electrons through a connector pin. Or it might just be one of those > self exacerbating connection issues. Either way I wasn't sure it would be > helpful for others to see the failure. > > Anyhoo, complete low beam failure caused by bad connector on back of fuse > panel. > > https://shufti.blog/2016/12/03/vanagon-headlight-low-beam-failure/ > > > Alistair > |
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