'93 Mondy thread - sorting yellowing headlights (again)

[Peter C]

Not seen one like this before!

[Blue 850]

This one has crossed the Irish Sea and is on Donedeal with Irish Ford Tax applied, yours for €10K.

[stuboy]

Sad times... I knew the owner was restoring it but its turned up at breakers near where he lives..

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Had to change the clock bulb again, having only done so in April. Turns out I'd bent the contacts badly. It's not quite the right bulb anyway, nerd mode, this is the one they used from 1994 onward. Still working again for now.

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The headlight lenses were just beginning to go yellow again after 9 years, so decided to replace them as really don't like that look.

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I also spent some money at Princess Garage this week on an oil change but with my own OEM filter.

Also, the brake imbalance from the MOT was dealt with, the OSR wheel cylinder was replaced, the other was was done back in 2023 (again, I sourced the part).

Evidence that it was just beginning to leak, but hadn't contaminated the shoes, luckily!

[sierraman]

They used to piss the seals on the rear drums something chronic back in the day. Getting the right cylinder used to be tricky as TRW made them different directions for the brake pipe to go into. 

[Eyersey1234]

3 hours ago, egg said:

The headlight lenses were just beginning to go yellow again after 9 years, so decided to replace them as really don't like that look.

Still looks lovely and one of my favourite cars on here. Out of interest what's parts availability like these days?

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2 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Still looks lovely and one of my favourite cars on here. Out of interest what's parts availability like these days?

I've had those lenses for years, getting a bit harder to find. Although the wheel cylinder was easy enough on eBay, making sure it was the right one for the 1.6.

I think mostly these cars will be alright for quite a few years apart from obvious interior trim stuff etc.