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aflynn · 22nd November 2021, 17:54

Good Evening all, I hope this post finds you well.

I did write a thread in relation to the headlights on the ZT previously, however, upon fitting the new lamps to my ZT, I have encountered a slight issue with the left unit. Anyway, after fitting the xenon lamp, I realised that one of the units wasn't functioning correctly. I could hear the levelling motor from the lamp unit, though it sounded rather rough as if it was grinding it's teeth or dragging. after fitting the other lamp, which was originally the broken one funnily, that one seemed to work perfectly fine. It was to my understanding after refitting the bumper and testing the beam on a wall that I noticed the left light was lower than the right, which would make sense as it's making an unusual noise. After close inspection, I realised that the reflector was vibrating around from the engine, this is also apparent whilst driving around too. I know the easiest solution would be to replace the whole lamp, though I like to learn and fix things myself. I do have a donor lamp from the MK2 ZT which is the Halogen projection style, that shares most of the parts, I was thinking whether I could use these parts to possibly fix and repair the broken xenon one. Anyway, sorry if I bored you with this thread, but If there's anyone on here that's taken these things apart or had a similar issue that I have described, I would much appreciate to hear from you

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I have also attached some photos and videos on my issue;

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...122_174800.jpg

Motor from donor lamp?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...122_181649.jpg

https://youtu.be/SrF-Sq9RYrw
https://youtu.be/FejrTdg1mNk
https://youtu.be/qfOyxDjqnYs

Regards,
Adam

22nd November 2021, 17:54	#1
aflynn Newbie MG ZT Join Date: May 2021 Location: Manchester Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	MG ZT.75 Xenon Lamps Good Evening all, I hope this post finds you well. I did write a thread in relation to the headlights on the ZT previously, however, upon fitting the new lamps to my ZT, I have encountered a slight issue with the left unit. Anyway, after fitting the xenon lamp, I realised that one of the units wasn't functioning correctly. I could hear the levelling motor from the lamp unit, though it sounded rather rough as if it was grinding it's teeth or dragging. after fitting the other lamp, which was originally the broken one funnily, that one seemed to work perfectly fine. It was to my understanding after refitting the bumper and testing the beam on a wall that I noticed the left light was lower than the right, which would make sense as it's making an unusual noise. After close inspection, I realised that the reflector was vibrating around from the engine, this is also apparent whilst driving around too. I know the easiest solution would be to replace the whole lamp, though I like to learn and fix things myself. I do have a donor lamp from the MK2 ZT which is the Halogen projection style, that shares most of the parts, I was thinking whether I could use these parts to possibly fix and repair the broken xenon one. Anyway, sorry if I bored you with this thread, but If there's anyone on here that's taken these things apart or had a similar issue that I have described, I would much appreciate to hear from you . I have also attached some photos and videos on my issue; https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...122_174800.jpg Motor from donor lamp? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...122_181649.jpg https://youtu.be/SrF-Sq9RYrw https://youtu.be/FejrTdg1mNk https://youtu.be/qfOyxDjqnYs Regards, Adam Last edited by aflynn; 22nd November 2021 at 18:04..