It's an Osram-7324 bulb that they solder into the round headlight (on my XL185S).
Looks like the proceedure is thus:
1. release crimped ring around lens (I'll cut mine with a Dremmel), remove lens
2. measure depth of filaments to base of reflector
3. desolder old bulb and slip out
4. insert new bulb so filament is exact depth and oriented the same horizontal (you can see filament highly magnified in reflector from 5 feet away when filament is as at prime focus)
5. solder bulb to reflector
6. solder wires to bulb
7. install and test
It's an Osram-7324 bulb that they solder into the round headlight (on my XL185S).
Looks like the proceedure is thus:
1. release crimped ring around lens (I'll cut mine with a Dremmel), remove lens
2. measure depth of filaments to base of reflector
3. desolder old bulb and slip out
4. insert new bulb so filament is exact depth and oriented the same horizontal (you can see filament highly magnified in reflector from 5 feet away when filament is as at prime focus)
5. solder bulb to reflector
6. solder wires to bulb
7. install and test
i am going to try this on my 1987 185 xl and i really want to install a socket in instead of just a straight light bulb was wondering if you knew where to get a socket in canada or the states ( can but dont really want to make one
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