Could the residue be from the salt water?  If so, I think that oven cleaner
on a damp cloth should do the trick.

Meg
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Cloudy headlight glass?

> At 05:36 PM 7/19/2002, Raimund Feussner wrote:
> >Raimund
> >P.S.: What makes sealed beam lamps "sealed"? Are the vanagon�s U.S.
> >headlights sealed beams?
>
> Sealed-beam lamps are literally that -- lamp, reflector, lens are all one
> piece, hermetically sealed.  If they're regular tungsten, a crack in the
> lens will immediately burn out the light.  If halogen, there's an internal
> capsule that contains the pressurised gas so the halogen cycle works.
>
> In 1936 they were an enormous improvement over what else was out there...
>
> david
>
>
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