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Old 04-05-2008, 06:51 PM
wphall wphall is offline
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Experiment to fix water-filled headlights on the cheap

We have had one headlight that has almost 2 inches of water in it and the other is just starting to get some as well.

Tonight I removed the assembly (I was surprised at how easy this was and all possible without tools). I dumped out the water and tried to rinse out the bezel to get the little bit of 'ick' that has somehow formed in there as well. Not much luck on the the ick, but it wasn't bad - there wasn't an alge line or anything.

I then took off the mounting bracket and cut off all the old silicone bead that ran around the light between the lens and the back. By blowing through the light socket I felt two areas where the air was coming out around the edges so I know where the leaks were.

I have been blowing a hairdryer into the light socket to get the remaining water drops dried up. then I'll run a a bead of silicone rtv (as suggested elsewhere) around the seam once the assembly is completely dry.

If it works I'll do the other light in a few weeks.
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