Skip to main content
English French German Italian Spanish

Headlamp internals

Forums

Hi all

Does anyone have a photo of how the inside Of the headlamp shell should be setup. Most curious part that im unsure of is the 3 holes down the bottom. Are they all sealed with rubber bungs for cables ? Photo would be great.

Photo of healdlamp shell in question attached.

Thanks

 

Steve

Attachments
Permalink

Yes  3 grommets , 1 each for the loom, speedo cable and trip winder.  Looks like a shell for a coil ignition   bike with the PSR8  switch.  The tricky things to find are a  reliable and complete switch  with its plastic thread undamaged and correct bezel,  A speedo cable with the  6" long heavilly armoured top outer  and dimensionaly correct inner cable projection, An orriginal ampmeter  with rubber gasket , a 120 mph chrono speedo with screw on bezel and intact trip mechanism,  a Lucas medallion. and a headlamp with pilot and a decent light beam.  All of these items can be bought as  pattern spares but in the main  the quality is well down on the orriginal bits.

Thanks Robert, great info.

Luckily, I have speedo, original PSR8 switch, original medallion and bezel but will need to look for new Ammeter and light as i plan to change to 12v system. 

Steve

Permalink

Front hole is speedo cable. Next is trip. Rear is wiring. All of course need rubber grommets.

The Lucas medallion is I believe available for the top centre hole. I believe it's supposed to be retained by a bezel.

Those lamp shells are almost irreplaceable. Don't lose it!

Thanks for the info David.

The shell had an original medallion and bezel in it. I removed them for upcomming paint work. Hopfully can get the bezel and medallion back in easier than it was to get out. 

Yeah i know they are getting tough to find. 

 

Thanks for the Photos Holger.

Some websites show a rubber grommet and say x3. But from all websites, it appears they are all the same size.

I need as you do, the x3 different sizes. Do you happen to know where to get the x3. I belive the holes are 21mm, 30mm and 40mm

Steve

Permalink

Seems to me a bit unlikely that you will be able to find the correct grommets  from old  stock? , even if they exist they will be well perished ,I was able to look at a NOS  boxed complete headlamp and they were on their way out. I expect you will be able to buy a box of assorted grommets and if one size is completely unavailiable cut 3 discs from an innertube and superglue them together  to make your own !!

Permalink

Thanks Both !

Appreciate your advice !

Steve

Permalink

need to get a new ammeter for 12V. Ammeters measure amps, they don't care about the volts. Also if the amps are reduced as the voltage is increased then the Ammeter will read a bit lower. On the other hand Ammeters are notoriously poor items so probably you need a new one anyway.

 



© 2024 Norton Owners Club Website by 2Toucans