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MagnaV30
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- Vancouver, British columbia, Canada
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- 1990
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After a while I have noticed that a few Gen 2's have developed a condensation issue inside the headlamps due to a leaking seal between the refractor lens and the reflector housing.
So, lets fix that shall we?
The problem:
Okay, so we must separate the Refractor from the reflector.
Some may have done this by baking in the oven, however, on the gen 2 the entire headlamp assembly is constructed of plastic for the reflector and polycarbonate for the refractor. Not feeling the need to end up with a bubbled shapeless mass, I simply used and infinite (or infintesmal) amount of patience, and pried the components apart.
Well, Thars yer prawblem!
Chipping off the "sealant"
Much better
Might as well polish the lens while you have it off.
Now, fill the nice convenient channel with sealant, I used a polyurethane produced by DAP available at most hardware stores.
And now put humpty dumpty back together again.
Now use some tape to exert some clamping force for the curing of the sealant.
I rate this project with a difficulty of "Very little blood loss"
So, lets fix that shall we?
The problem:
Okay, so we must separate the Refractor from the reflector.
Some may have done this by baking in the oven, however, on the gen 2 the entire headlamp assembly is constructed of plastic for the reflector and polycarbonate for the refractor. Not feeling the need to end up with a bubbled shapeless mass, I simply used and infinite (or infintesmal) amount of patience, and pried the components apart.
Well, Thars yer prawblem!
Chipping off the "sealant"
Much better
Might as well polish the lens while you have it off.
Now, fill the nice convenient channel with sealant, I used a polyurethane produced by DAP available at most hardware stores.
And now put humpty dumpty back together again.
Now use some tape to exert some clamping force for the curing of the sealant.
I rate this project with a difficulty of "Very little blood loss"
