[928uk] Bulbs and connectors

[Paul R Smith via 928uk]

I think the cast piece will be fine if glued onto the reflector.
As long as the ground wire is on the tab on the cast part, it doesn't 
need to make an electrical connection with the reflector.

Smiffy

On 4/09/2015 12:53 p.m., Julian Parry via 928uk wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I noticed my sidelight behaving erratically yesterday, flickering on and
> off. I have to use these as running lights in Switzerland so have some
> Woodypeck products in there  - great stuff! However, on taking the light
> unit out, I found this cast retaining piece
> http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/julianparry1/media/IMG_0008_zps6ersbojf.jpg.html
>
> had drifted free of the reflector it lives in.
> http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/julianparry1/media/IMG_0009_zpsga0wgtwg.jpg.html
>
> With the spring-loaded electrical contact inserted back into the
> retaining piece, and with this then jammed tightly by rotation against
> the reflector by hand, my bulb lights up. However, the bulb socket
> itself  is very lose in this cast housing and will drop out readily.
> Have I lost a part somewhere?
>
> What do I do about this? Can the cast part be properly reattached to the
> reflector?
>
> Is that actually part of the circuit or was the re-illumination just
> chance and the wires are faulty too?)
>
> Why won’t the actual bulb socket sit tightly in the retaining piece?
>
> I would like to solve this one ASAP as I have to run around with fogs or
> “frogs” on and fogs are not that bright, frankly.
>
> By the way - got a quote from a local bodyshop for respraying my rear
> wing after someone banged it in a carpark - £685. Sound reasonable?
>
> Julian, 87S4 Auto with a ding and one eye
>
>
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