Need H3 adapter for Marchal repro fog light | 356 Speedster, 550 Spyder, Replica, Automotive Community

tomm

I was diagnosing my 'burned out' fog light and discovered the 'fast-on' tab cast into the H3 bulb adapter had snapped off. I removed the adapter (bent up 3 small tabs on the reflector to release the part) and fabricated a new tab from a crimp on connector. All was good until I tried to silver solder the parts together. The H3 adapter is made of 'pot' metal and it melted w/o soldering to the tab! So now the part is nasty looking, perhaps salvageable, perhaps not, and I still have no connection to it.

Anyone have a spare or know where to get one? Any suggestions on fixing these beasts? the design is prone to breakage and having to purchase a new light in total just to get one seems wrong.

Tomm

12/28/097:43 PM

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tomm

I was diagnosing my 'burned out' fog light and discovered the 'fast-on' tab cast into the H3 bulb adapter had snapped off. I removed the adapter (bent up 3 small tabs on the reflector to release the part) and fabricated a new tab from a crimp on connector. All was good until I tried to silver solder the parts together. The H3 adapter is made of 'pot' metal and it melted w/o soldering to the tab! So now the part is nasty looking, perhaps salvageable, perhaps not, and I still have no connection to it.

Anyone have a spare or know where to get one? Any suggestions on fixing these beasts? the design is prone to breakage and having to purchase a new light in total just to get one seems wrong.

Tomm

12/28/097:43 PM

Jack CrosbyHot Springs, AR, VS RabyTypeIV

Carey Hines at Beck stocks and sells these Marschalls. I will be ordering a new lens from Carey in a week or so--maybe he has other parts to sell for these fogs.

12/28/098:37 PM

tomm

Thanks much, I will give him a call.

12/28/099:00 PM

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