It has been wet here lately but my headlights on my recently acquires SLK seemed to be raining on the inside.
so it was time to tackle the problem. Read the sticky and thought it was straightforward. Got the headlight unit loose but it would not come away from the car due to a purple pipe which was still holding it in.
In the end I had to cut it off to get the light out as I wanted to dry out the unit. The pipe was part of the headlight adjustment not essential by any means but it proved a major problem. Problem came when I tried to reattach the purple pipe. No matter what I tried I could not reconnect it to the unit. I tried using heat and brute force but it was a losing battle . Instead I got some silicone piping from Ebay ( where else ) the same colour / color with an internal diameter of 3mms which works well . Put the whole thing back together and pleased to say my headlights are dry once more
so it was time to tackle the problem. Read the sticky and thought it was straightforward. Got the headlight unit loose but it would not come away from the car due to a purple pipe which was still holding it in.
In the end I had to cut it off to get the light out as I wanted to dry out the unit. The pipe was part of the headlight adjustment not essential by any means but it proved a major problem. Problem came when I tried to reattach the purple pipe. No matter what I tried I could not reconnect it to the unit. I tried using heat and brute force but it was a losing battle . Instead I got some silicone piping from Ebay ( where else ) the same colour / color with an internal diameter of 3mms which works well . Put the whole thing back together and pleased to say my headlights are dry once more