Evening all,
Seems as soon as I start doing a few jobs on the old girl then its one thing after another.....
got home tonight to find that my dipped beam was out on one side. having taken the headlamp assembly out I found much to my surprise what looks like a xenon or a litronic bulb assembly.....
this is strange as the car was not specced with these so had assumed it would be the easy job of simply taking out a bulb and getting it changed.
I've attached a picture of the bulb assembly which is labelled H7M 35W 6000K. Presume this is all one sealed unit with the two wires attached and connectors (could see no way this came apart).
I looked at both bulbs and visually they looked the same, did not swap sides over as they are quite firmly gelled in to the units currently. There did seem to be a split second bit of light when the dash switch was moved but then nothing. is this indicative of a failing bulb of this type?
other thing of note was that one of the spade connectors was out of the block, put this back twice and reassembled but no joy. Not sure this is anything to do with the dipped beam xenon/litronic as this seems totally standalone as an assembly.
Looks then like I need to buy a new assembly. Anyone have the same set up and can recommend a source? best to buy both sides at the same time? if a new assembly does not cut it then its auto-electrician time I guess!!
Thanks in advance for any advice. MOT in 3 weeks so need to get that sorted ASAP.
cheers,
giles.
Seems as soon as I start doing a few jobs on the old girl then its one thing after another.....
got home tonight to find that my dipped beam was out on one side. having taken the headlamp assembly out I found much to my surprise what looks like a xenon or a litronic bulb assembly.....
this is strange as the car was not specced with these so had assumed it would be the easy job of simply taking out a bulb and getting it changed.
I've attached a picture of the bulb assembly which is labelled H7M 35W 6000K. Presume this is all one sealed unit with the two wires attached and connectors (could see no way this came apart).
I looked at both bulbs and visually they looked the same, did not swap sides over as they are quite firmly gelled in to the units currently. There did seem to be a split second bit of light when the dash switch was moved but then nothing. is this indicative of a failing bulb of this type?
other thing of note was that one of the spade connectors was out of the block, put this back twice and reassembled but no joy. Not sure this is anything to do with the dipped beam xenon/litronic as this seems totally standalone as an assembly.
Looks then like I need to buy a new assembly. Anyone have the same set up and can recommend a source? best to buy both sides at the same time? if a new assembly does not cut it then its auto-electrician time I guess!!
Thanks in advance for any advice. MOT in 3 weeks so need to get that sorted ASAP.
cheers,
giles.