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Old 20th January 2020, 22:42   #11
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Is this the same? A tad cheaper, maybe?

https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/collections/...nuine-mg-rover
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Old 21st January 2020, 07:23   #12
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Is this the same? A tad cheaper, maybe?

https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/collections/...nuine-mg-rover
Perhaps so, but it's still far too expensive for what it is

I'm sure I can attend to a defect in a PCB with two tracks, and if I can't then it's time for me to call it a day
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Old 21st January 2020, 09:47   #13
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Hard wired mine years ago Bri.
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Old 21st January 2020, 12:40   #14
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Problem sorted.

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Old 21st January 2020, 12:47   #15
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Old 21st January 2020, 23:09   #17
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Then again, I could have spent a couple of leisurely hours frabbling about.......

So I drilled a 1mm hole through the centre of each aluminium rivet that "secure" the festoon lampholder, then tinned the holder, and soldered a length of tinned copper wire to each lampholder clip.

I then bent it over against the PCB and soldered the other side to the track land.

Finally I washed any traces of flux and gunge off the PCB, the lamp holders, then carefully peeled the gaskets from the lamp lenses, and scrubbed them clean with an old toothbrush and some Cillit Bang (Barry Scott told me this on detailing world)

I then reassembled the lamp holder to the lip spoiler, reapplied coppaslip to the threads, and after a quick wipe over with an oily rag and a Brillo Pad to the Primertallic finish, I refitted the spoiler.

The finishing touch was a pair of nice Lucas 5W incandescent festoon filament lamps, none of this LED rubbish, real bulbs to prevent annoyance to other road users behind from the glare of hard white brilliant light scatter.

Job done, well for today at least



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Old 22nd January 2020, 00:33   #18
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La la la, I've gone one better Alan





Then again, I could have spent a couple of leisurely hours frabbling about.......

So I drilled a 1mm hole through the centre of each aluminium rivet that "secure" the festoon lampholder, then tinned the holder, and soldered a length of tinned copper wire to each lampholder clip.

I then bent it over against the PCB and soldered the other side to the track land.

Finally I washed any traces of flux and gunge off the PCB, the lamp holders, then carefully peeled the gaskets from the lamp lenses, and scrubbed them clean with an old toothbrush and some Cillit Bang (Barry Scott told me this on detailing world)

I then reassembled the lamp holder to the lip spoiler, reapplied coppaslip to the threads, and after a quick wipe over with an oily rag and a Brillo Pad to the Primertallic finish, I refitted the spoiler.

The finishing touch was a pair of nice Lucas 5W incandescent festoon filament lamps, none of this LED rubbish, real bulbs to prevent annoyance to other road users behind from the glare of hard white brilliant light scatter.

Job done, well for today at least



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PAH! the first speed bump you would go over you would knock that lamp off the shelf! I had quality body coloured duct tape, wouldnt take much to blend it in.
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PAH! the first speed bump you would go over you would knock that lamp off the shelf! I had quality body coloured duct tape, wouldnt take much to blend it in.
Yes, it wold appear you failed to buy some MBB duct tape, I was thinking of a hasp and staple to secure the LED floodlight personally

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Yes, it wold appear you failed to buy some MBB duct tape, I was thinking of a hasp and staple to secure the LED floodlight personally



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I dont know about that, it matches the wings lol

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