Fu Manchu
We’ll get together. Have a few laughs.
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- VZ Crewman, VZ Cross 8, & ya mum.
What a bitch. So yesterday I got it all back together and turns out I forgot to plug in the left light.
So I plug it in and no high beam. Globe out. Has continuity. Hmm
So off comes the bumper again. Uurrgh.
Remove the light and inspect the plug. Corroded as fk. So bad that the high beam pin Is corroded and when I clean it, it snaps off. I did not notice this the whole time I’m cleaning and restoring the light. It was crusty as.
Also the loom plug was fkd too. Luckily the damage was only on the green wire.
Inspecting the plug, the seals on the back were not seated properly into the plug housing. I would suggest they had been that way since they were made and moisture ingress had slowly ruined the terminals.
All fuses good. Relays good. Switch was fine.
Releasing that pin was the hardest pin I’ve ever had to release. It presents like a normal pin with a tab underneath, however it still would not release. With some work, I used a pick from the back which opened a black plastic tab that was on the top of the pin. So over engineered.
If someone knows an easy trick to these plugs, shout out.
Even getting the pin back in, I wasn’t entirely sure how to do it. Got it halfway back in and I think it was the pick in the back of the plug again that let it back in. So hard. Took ages. Stayed calm so I didn’t wreck it.
Luckily I had the lights from the Cross8 to put in. I’d be screwed otherwise.
I think I’ve figured out how to repair the other pin in the headlight itself. Opening the high beam cap gives access to the plug catch inside. That’s for some other time.
So I plug it in and no high beam. Globe out. Has continuity. Hmm
So off comes the bumper again. Uurrgh.
Remove the light and inspect the plug. Corroded as fk. So bad that the high beam pin Is corroded and when I clean it, it snaps off. I did not notice this the whole time I’m cleaning and restoring the light. It was crusty as.
Also the loom plug was fkd too. Luckily the damage was only on the green wire.
Inspecting the plug, the seals on the back were not seated properly into the plug housing. I would suggest they had been that way since they were made and moisture ingress had slowly ruined the terminals.
All fuses good. Relays good. Switch was fine.
Releasing that pin was the hardest pin I’ve ever had to release. It presents like a normal pin with a tab underneath, however it still would not release. With some work, I used a pick from the back which opened a black plastic tab that was on the top of the pin. So over engineered.
If someone knows an easy trick to these plugs, shout out.
Even getting the pin back in, I wasn’t entirely sure how to do it. Got it halfway back in and I think it was the pick in the back of the plug again that let it back in. So hard. Took ages. Stayed calm so I didn’t wreck it.
Luckily I had the lights from the Cross8 to put in. I’d be screwed otherwise.
I think I’ve figured out how to repair the other pin in the headlight itself. Opening the high beam cap gives access to the plug catch inside. That’s for some other time.