Eyerseys Motoring Adventures.

[LightBulbFun]

On 6/12/2020 at 2:57 PM, Eyersey1234 said:

N/S headlight blown again, still not got to the bottom of why Henry seems to like eating them lol

do you have a picture of one of the failed bulbs?

perhaps I could look at it and tell you why its failed may give you some clues as to whats going on  

assuming its a halogen bulb, the 2 main things that would kill it are over voltage or dirt/oils etc getting onto the bulb somehow

[Eyersey1234]

6 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

do you have a picture of one of the failed bulbs?

perhaps I could look at it and tell you why its failed may give you some clues as to whats going on  

assuming its a halogen bulb, the 2 main things that would kill it are over voltage or dirt/oils etc getting onto the bulb somehow

Thanks LBF I'll get a picture when I change the bulb later on. 

[Eyersey1234]

11 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Are you still going for what I think you are going for ?, I didn't go down there in the end, today was a DFA day, did fk all. 

Might be down later today if you want me to see what you are going to win, let me know 

No it's not the Worthing car, I've been outbid on that one. 

 

Edited to add there's a couple of other cars I put cheeky bids on as well so will see what happens with them. 

[Eyersey1234]

Outbid with 2 hours to go. Hey ho how it goes sometimes. 

[Eyersey1234]

@LightBulbFunhere's a picture of the failed bulb. 

[Eyersey1234]

We have light again. 

[Eyersey1234]

Just had a go at touching in some of the worst of the scratches, I've never been good at using touch in sticks really neatly and makes it harder with Henry being metallic but don't think I've done too bad a job. 

[mitsisigma01]

6 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

No it's not the Worthing car, I've been outbid on that one. 

 

Edited to add there's a couple of other cars I put cheeky bids on as well so will see what happens with them. 

Not seeing it through with the Worthing one then ?

[LightBulbFun]

4 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

@LightBulbFunhere's a picture of the failed bulb. 

ah thank you

looks like the bulb is clean so thats good

the filament looks a little sad do you have a close up picture of that?

I would check what the running voltage is or as close as possible to the bulb terminals 

another cause for early failure is something might be vibrating the bulb excessively and fracturing the filament 

[Eyersey1234]

39 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Not seeing it through with the Worthing one then ?

No, someone else clearly wants it. 

[Eyersey1234]

This any better @LightBulbFun? 

[LightBulbFun]

1 minute ago, Eyersey1234 said:

This any better @LightBulbFun? 

marginally, but ideally id need a good clear macro shot sadly

the filament looks a little dark, is it also all crystalline/sparkly? 

im going to go with over voltage or excessive vibrations or such (I would check the lamp housing etc is all secure etc and is not moving about slightly)

these filaments while much more robust than something like a normal mains voltage lightbulb, can still wobble about!

as nicely demonstrated here   (skip to 14:52)

 

or it could just be a poor quality bulb!

[Eyersey1234]

Thanks @LightBulbFunthe housing seems to be secure, it's held in by one bolt on top of the unit plus a clip on the side. 

[LightBulbFun]

10 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Thanks @LightBulbFunthe housing seems to be secure, it's held in by one bolt on top of the unit plus a clip on the side. 

Np! 

one last thing on the eating bulbs things is have you tried different makes of bulbs etc?

if you have only tried say 1 brand/model of bulb then perhaps its just that they are of a poor quality

so your issues might be solved by switching to a higher quality bulb/brand/model etc  

[Eyersey1234]

18 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Np! 

one last thing on the eating bulbs things is have you tried different makes of bulbs etc?

if you have only tried say 1 brand/model of bulb then perhaps its just that they are of a poor quality

so your issues might be solved by switching to a higher quality bulb/brand/model etc  

Thanks LBF, a few other people have said something similar. Although someone on another forum used to have a Mk2 before he scrapped it and apparently that one used to eat headlight bulbs for breakfast. 

[Eyersey1234]

The rust spot on the lower part of the o/s wing has got worse since I have owned Henry, how easy or otherwise is a DIY wing replacement on these? 

[sierraman]

Piece of piss assuming you find a second hand wing in the same colour. 

[Dan302]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Piece of piss assuming you find a second hand wing in the same colour. 

I need a front wing for my MK1 ideally although it's currently "repaired" with gaffer tape. I doubt I will bother swapping it, it's just a cheap daily.

[Eyersey1234]

Henry is a cheap daily too but I like him and want to make him last as long as I can. The wing isn't anywhere near an MOT fail. 

[Dan302]

If I find one cheap enough in the right colour I may replace it although I worry about what I may find underneath the wing! The tape has lasted nearly a year an a half so far! 

[Eyersey1234]

2 minutes ago, Dan302 said:

If I find one cheap enough in the right colour I may replace it although I worry about what I may find underneath the wing! The tape has lasted nearly a year an a half so far! 

I can understand that, I'm holding out for one in the right colour, saves faffing with painting it and being metallic I would have to paint a large area to get it to blend in 

[sierraman]

A new pattern wing is about £40, but they usually require a bit of tweaking to fit. 

[Eyersey1234]

11 hours ago, sierraman said:

A new pattern wing is about £40, but they usually require a bit of tweaking to fit. 

Trying to avoid new if possible, as I say I don't want the hassle of having to paint the bugger. 

[Eyersey1234]

Another mileometer moment yesterday, soon be joining the 200k club. 

[Eyersey1234]

I've put an offer in on a piece of chod on E of bay, waiting for the vendor to get back to me (or not as the case may be), even if its just to tell me to fuck off. 

[Eyersey1234]

My generous* offer was rejected, so decisions decisions do I say I'll pay him the £500 he was hoping for for it or wait to the end of the auction in 4 days time and risk losing it? Obviously I havent actually seen the car but looks OK from the photos and the MOT history is good. 

[DoctorRetro]

3 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

My generous* offer was rejected, so decisions decisions do I say I'll pay him the £500 he was hoping for for it or wait to the end of the auction in 4 days time and risk losing it? Obviously I havent actually seen the car but looks OK from the photos and the MOT history is good. 

You don't need it, you have a perfectly good * Citroen to pick up ??

[Eyersey1234]

16 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

You don't need it, you have a perfectly good * Citroen to pick up ??

??

[Eyersey1234]

So as I have won the CX roffle I will have to arrange collection. 

[loserone]

Easy* train tickets for the morning and ring up your local £20 MOT centre