Re: Cleaning H4 Hella

[Frank de Kat <fdekat@sentex.net>]

At 03:20 PM 12/08/99 -0700, Tony Lum wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>Just to help a fellow co-worker out, I took him to the local pick-n-pull to 
>get a emergency spare tire to replace the one his wife blew up after 
>driving on the freeway.  I figured while I'm there, I'd scout out the Audi 
>section and what do my eyes see, but a set of H4 Hella Euro lights, 
>complete with the amber corner lights in very good condition!  Only one 
>thing though, some brain donor pulled the H4 bulbs from the reflector 
>housing leaving big holes in the back which allowed dirt to enter.

I've cleaned the inside of the glass on some Hella 2000 rally lamps by
swishing around some rice & soapy water inside the lamp,(couldn't really
get anything through the hole) then putting the works in the oven to dry
out. Bit of a pain gtting all the rice out again... 
You might find something better to use than rice, too..

If the lamps are like the ones on the 4000, you can get the epoxy that hold
the lens in to come undone by *careful* use of a torch on the metal. The
epoxy just comes apart,  then you can clean everything, then re epoxy it
back together again.

Regards...

Frank de Kat 
fdekat@sentex.net   
Dundas, Ontario, Canada

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