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I presume RHD
do they differ? I thought all the high beams were the same.

I've installed the lamp after cleaning the lense

Its okay but the housing is a bit scratched so its not super shinny now, so it looks a bit cloudy.

One of the issues with this car - and all my others actually - is rust about the front fenders, at the sill level - this is where road muck gets caught against the inner wheel well liner, creating a nice spot for this muck to accumulate, and with constant wetting eventually it causes rust from the i...

following this video, I had a go a separating glass from housing using the oven method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK6dcrnICKk It actually worked - maybe 20 minsin oven initially, take out, fiddle iwth glass to get it to separate - enough to get a thin bit of metal in, https://live.staticflickr...

here is them now reinstalled right one is sorta okay - lots of minute stone chips on the glass https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50492409403_d3ef8b38dc_z.jpg left one still has bubbles on th background - giving a slight unclarity. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50492409353_51768e1793_z.jpg mi...

I tried a few other experiments sprayed degreaser , rubbed with brush, washed out with water x 3 - made an improvement sprayed steam with steamer into it - didtn't do much , made it all very foggy - hot air on cold glass = condensation - duh! sprayed inside with "tyre wet look" stuff - did...

My windscreen washer doesn't work so I pulled it apart rust and gunk in the gears gears with cover plate https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50479395778_abfea9cd06_z.jpg motor with black spacer https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50479401783_4062ca1dab_z.jpg When connect motor to 12 volt supply (12v...

The meths once dried /evaporated, didnt leave a lasting transparency - glass went back to fog.

I did a quick test with methlyated spirits . It was a surprise. worked amazingly well - just pour a bit in , shake it about - have a look - gees it clear now! here is foggy lens with a few drops of meths - can see already its now transparent! where the meths is in contact with glass https://live.sta...

Dave, wow they look terrific - just by cleaning the inside via the small globe hole. I was considering separating the lens from the mount - seems to be only sealant holding it in. I read on the E9 coupe site that some have put the whole thing in an oven @ 110 deg for 15 mins, till the sealant soften...

Most of My headlights , particularly the inner high beams, have become foggy, which is a licensing fail. Typically the inner high beams are Hella units 1K3 114 155-001 , Hella part no HL 1053 A to take a H1 55w globe with lends id number 14464R8 The outer low/high beam lights I think are Hella Units...

I just found this valve body overhaul page for the ZF 4HP22EH which maybe helpful to understand these things http://twrite.org/shogunnew/files/jason/4HP22EH_ValveBody/4HP22EH-Valvebody.html Having now looked at this, I wonder if I have the cups orientated correctly and if the checkballs need to be c...

Once all clean up - the repair manual says to reassemble in reverse order. I basically started at the bottom ( of the drawing ) and worked my way up to the top - leaving the main pressure valve+ converter pressure valve (no 13 + 14) - as I was not too sure how that was to go, as it consisted of 2 va...

some of the pistons/valves have holding clips, which I recorded how they were orientated https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50444303262_dcd49a99a1_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50444741827_881bcdcb4e_c.jpg The repair manual has these indicated - here is my note sheet a made on it. https...

If I could I would have left the Hydraulic block assembly fixed to the transmission and just remove the 2 cover plates to get at the pistons, but I couldn't get a front plate off due to interferenec with filler hose - so I removed the whole assembly . So now that the assembly is out, began to disman...

I reckon an FAQ for windscreen install needs to be made up. From what I can gather on various forums, the know how do it on our cars is disappearing, due to modern glass being bonded in. I found this series of youtube video of a 2002 windscreen install that maybe helpful. I've added a written descri...