<VV> Headlight Bulb / solder?

[Dusty Steinberg]

It is no longer a matter of penny pinching, because the original type glass bulbs are now being replaced by stamped steel backs with glass bonded to the front.  I purchased 2 halogen high beam headlamp bulbs last summer from CARQUEST, and one failed within a week, when the glass fogged up with moisture inside of the sealed beam, and the other wasn't long before it also failed for the same reason. This is the main reason that I try to save every old style glass sealed beam that I have in use.
Paul in CT

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>From: Eric Taylor via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Apr 14, 2015 1:51 AM
>To: "<virtualvairs at corvair.org>" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>, Ralphsebrell <ralphsebrell at aol.com>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Headlight Bulb / solder?
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>So, as I read automotive history, Arrol-Johnston, Argyll and Albion were all 19th century cars, then the Hillman Imp came along and finally the Corvair was the last of the real Scottish cars?  (Okay, the Imp was built starting in '63, but for the purposes of this note, let's just suspend reality for a moment - it shouldn't be too difficult)  
>I must say that the concept of re-soldering a headlamp bulb had never crossed my mind, but perhaps only because they were readily available for only a few dollars to replace.  I commend your penny pinching efforts!  You are being very environmentally friendly too, refusing to allow a manufactured item to the trash before it is completely worn out.  In the few years that I have been interested in Corvairs, I have learned many lessons in frugality that I am certain would not have been learned with any other group.  
>From the specific point of can it be done, it seems critical to be very specific with the soldering iron so as not to overheat and possibly crack the glass due to the different heat expansion rates of the metal tab and the glass surrounding it.   But otherwise a straight-forward operation if that is all that is wrong with the bulb.
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>> Eric (Mc)Taylor, Langley, BC, Canada
>> Corveric at me.com
>> 604-309-2268
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>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Ralphsebrell <ralphsebrell at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Has anyone ever tried to resolder the "L" terminal back onto a headlight bulb? Yes it was a good bulb. It  came off as I tried to unpluge it.
>> Ralph
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