Headlight replacement

[imported_Badger Guy]

People at the local NAPA store, claims there halogen headlights (H5006 and H5001) are direct replacements for the stock (5006 and5001) sealed beam headlights. They claim nothing is needed to run these halogen lights. Can anyone enLIGHTen me on this subject?

Tom

[joe_padavano]

If your question is "will these work with the existing wiring in my older car?", I've run them in a number of vehicles originally equipped with sealed beams with no problems.

[Guest Dave Wyatt]

I had a Ford Fairlane a few years back, that had a set of old Lucas halogen lights in the high beam position. Those would cause the circuit breaker in the headlamp swich to trip at the worst times. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I replaced them with the modern halogens you mention and did not have a moments trouble.

[joe_padavano]

Wow, Dave. You used "Ford" and "Lucas" in the same sentence. No wonder you had problems... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Guest Albert]

There was nothing wrong with the Lucas light's, they are suppose to work that way, they last longer when they are only on half the time...

[rocketraider]

I've always heard Englishmen drink room temperature beer because they have Lucas refrigerators...

[Guest Dave Wyatt]

You know that Mr. Lucas was knighted by the queen didn't you?

He was then known as "The Prince of Darkness." <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

[rocketraider]

Would that be "knighted" or "nighted"? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Actually, like a lot of things British, one had to think like an Englishman to understand a Lucas electrical system and get it to work properly. I suspect a lot of American Lucas woes are caused by failing to understand the concept of "positive earth".

And mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun.

Hey, I'm of Brit descent and one of my very best buds is a transplanted Brit who speaks "English" with a Southern Virginia accent. He doesn't discriminate amongst cars. If it's loud and fast, he likes it. We're talking about a guy who stuffed a 430 inch Buick mill into a Morris Minor. Hm- come to think of it he did ditch the Lucas electrics...

He described the Morris as "beastly, bloody fast".

[OldsDoug]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wow, Dave. You used "Ford" and "Lucas" in the same sentence. No wonder you had problems... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> </div></div>

ZING!

Nice, Joe!

(They don't call Lucas "The Prince of Darkness" for nothing!)

[OldsDoug]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Would that be "knighted" or "nighted"? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /></div></div>

For sure it wasn't "lighted!"!

[Guest Dave Wyatt]

I had friend in high school who drove (sometimes) a Morris Minor. That car would shut off for no reason anywhere and everywhere. Usually it would restart fairly soon, other times it had to sit a while. I never had the opportunity to really look into it, but it could not have been that hard to fix.