Moisture Problem-Non-MOPAR

badboyz122

badboyz122

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I can't think of a better place to ask this question. I am having a moisture problem with my Non-MOPAR daily driver, but it could happen to a MOPAR. I am getting moisture/condensation in my front signal light assembly. Thought it might be the unit so I replaced it. I went out tonite to check on it seeing I drove it through the rain today and again moisture. I went and got some bearing grease and coated all 3 holes where the bulbs go in to see if that does the trick? Any other ideas/thoughts/fixes? Let me know..............

Bob
1967 Plymouth Fury
2006 GMC Yukon
 
check the seal around the lense itself where the 2 halves are glued together..if your really worried about it coat the seam with some silicone and then take it in the house and let it dry in a warm room with the blulb openings up to get all the traped moist air out...also put some grease into the wire terminals where the bulbs go in...problem should be solved
 
My sister had this problem with her '03 Montana, as did a customer of mine. My solution was to drill two small 1/8th holes in the bottom of each lens, one at the lowest point and another as far from that as I could. I've not heard back from my sister, but the customer came back and told me "problem solved". His were so bad, the headlamps had about an inch of water in them... if he hit a bump, it would splash up and shatter the bulb.

Another problem with composite headlamps is yellowing or fogging of the lenses. Go to your nearest Auto Value or Bumper to Bumper store and pick up 3M part number 39008. It's a headlamp restoration kit, and it's awesome. No manual sanding or polishing--throw it in your drill, follow the instructions, and in about 15 minutes, they'll look like new. It's on sale right now (in our chain, anyhow) for $14.99, regular retail is about $20.

Yes, it can be done less expensively, but not nearly as quickly or to such effect (the final sanding pad is 3000 grit, then there's a polishing compound). One of my outside sales guys did one headlamp on his wife's '97 Caravan, then took it on sales calls. I think he sold 14 of those kits that day.
 
I'll give that a try. The passenger side light is fine and just before I replaced the last lens I must have dumped a half glass of water out of the unit. I was replacing bulbs about once a week when the weather was wet.

Thanks
Bob
1967 Plymouth Fury
 
Bob, I had the problem on both the 88 and 94 caravans I had and did the drill a hole trick and it worked great. Also had to do a couple of the taillights. One of those had about 3 inchs of water in it.
 
Previous Owner of my caravan pried the headlight lens apart to replace a bulb? glued it together with maybe "liquid nails"? Then sure enough it leaked and shattered a bulb then it got the hole drilled in it. Funny I haven't snapped a pic of that yet.

You don't even need a fancy fsm. The instructions are right there in the owners manual. and the battery isan't even in the way on this one.
 
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