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You all helped me through learning to wash a car, gaging tire wear and safety, and checking fluids. Now, my front headlight beam has burned out. I went and bought a Sylvania replacement and it came with a big bracket that looks like I can either plug it in somewhere or place it over a plug? Something?
Thanks in advance.
and checking fluids.
replacement and it came
it over a plug?
and checking fluids.
replacement and it came
it over a plug?
Bracket? You should have a sealed unit. Essentially the entire glass enclosure with filament inside. To take out the old light, raise the head lights using the dash switch, unscrew the plastic cover (screws on the side,) then unscrew the metal ring around the front of the light (three screws; do *not* unscrew or even touch the bottom and side *adjusting* screws, as I usually stupidly end up doing.) The light now comes out and can be pulled from the connector. Plug in the new light and screw the retaining ring back in.
Leon
ICK! Did American delivered cars come with sealed beams???
They're ancient history in Australia, I don't think I've seen a sealed beam fitted to anything later than about 1984. Certainly MX5s have a standard 7" diameter H$ halogen lamp.
Thereas, if you have halogen lights, to replace the globe, you still remove the lamp as described above, but then the globe comes out the back of the lamp assembly.
I believe that all U.S. Miatas with pop-ups, pre 1999, came with sealed beam headlamps. However, they were/are halogen. Halogen and sealed beam are not mutually exclusive.
John ('94 Miata, needs some Cibies)
John McClary wrote:
Halogen sealed beams were a very short lived affair here in Aus. Unlike North America, we weren't saddled with odd FMVSS design rules in the late 1970s requiring that headlights conform to one of the four standard sizes (7" round, 5 3/4" round, two alternative rectangular sizes). Headlights with seperate halogen globes first appeared in the early
1970s here, but became common around 1978 when several local cars were built with unique headlights using H4 globes. A small number of cars had halogen sealed beams around the same time, but they vanished as fast as they appeared.MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.