Mazda Miata: Headlight plug

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"js631" <com> wrote:
 

Any auto parts store sells headlight sockets you can splice into your
harness after cutting off the old ones. But first, fix what's causing
them to melt. I'll bet you're running some massively-overwattage blue
headlight bulbs.

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

No sorry I'm just running the standard phillips halogen bulb - I did get
replacements from PEP boys but the wiring is smaller and I'm concerned
about overloading them - Next stop is a junkyard

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:53:42 -0400, "js631"
<com> wrote:
 

Where are they melted?
While I'd love to help you, i'd seriously concider asking someone in
the UK club...

What the dealer proposes is significant overkill.

If the headlight is good and is no longer making contact with the plug, it
means that the contact in the connector (the metal bit that the headlight
connector actually plugs into) is electrically "open". It got to this state
by first dissipating a lot of heat which was caused by a poor connection,
either at the contact/headlight connector interface or it was a bad crimp
where the contact and the wire meet. I would guess it was the latter. The
heat is what caused the plug to melt.

This is not a chronic problem; it's poor workmanship that affected your car
(Mazda does precious little of this...by the way). You mention in another
post that a replacement connector is available with smaller wiring. If the
insulation on the wire is not as thick, but the wire thickness itself is the
same, then I would use the connector. Make certain that the new contacts
(where it splices into the existing harness) are electrically good. If you
are not sure, find a friend who is an electrician, electronic tech or
someone who understands this stuff and have them take a look at it.

I suspect that this, once fixed, will remain fixed.

Ken


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"KWS" <com> wrote:
 

Should be simple to just measure resistance, either to battery plus
or ground, depending on wire.

Leon

 

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