At the headlight they had cheap crimped contactors and a fixed ground wire. Also, the connectors didn't stay in the couplers, which is deadly at the headlight (up to 6A of current)! The colours didn't match too and all in all it was pretty shabby. Same for pilot and tail light, tough this was genuine Lucas (but they don't do it for me either).
Luckily I had an old socket. The main contactors couldn't use as these were pressed on the wires, but the rest was good an so I got me some brass and started turning:
The result:
I wanted to galvanize the contactors, but the solution wasn't good anymore. After more than a day I quit it and just soldered them. Looks hideous, but at least theres some tin on them
After that I heated them and removed all excess tin with a fine brass brush until there was only a thin layer left. The I prepaerd and soldered the correct wires.
Here's a comparison of the tail light contactors:
Same for the headlight:
The "new" sockets, ready for assembly. Much better than before:
Yesterday I got some new tyres (3rd pair now
) and hopefully these will finally fit. I went for the Avon Safety Milage II and heck, these look fantastic!
Until then...
Andreas