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Post Mon May 28, 2012 1:10 am

R/H main beam on the cabbie keeps giving up,remove the bayonet cover,dis-connect the live feed,put it all back together and it works....for a while...

I'm missing something here,any ideas?
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Post Mon May 28, 2012 8:46 am

daimlerman wrote:R/H main beam on the cabbie keeps giving up,remove the bayonet cover,dis-connect the live feed,put it all back together and it works....for a while...

I'm missing something here,any ideas?
Clean the connections and look for a bad crimp on the cable connectors.

I once had a problem like that on an old Land Rover....turned out to be the actual bulb itself. :?