I drilled weep holes in both mine after replacing one that rotted out.  About a
10 minutes job to do both, and no more water.

tom

On 19 Sep 2003 at 20:15, Steve Delanty wrote:

> At 07:51 PM 9/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hey team,
> >
> >Noticed the other day that my right front turn signal lense was half full of
> >water.  Lo and behold the bulb shorted out.  Is there supposed to be a
> >gasket between the lense and the body?  Mine has nothing (on either lense).
> >If not any suggestions on keeping water out?  The lense is in good shape.
>
> Yeah, I think there's no gasket and yes they fill up with water
> A couple weeks ago I realized my left front parking light wasn't working.
> The turn signal worked fine...
> took the assembly off and it was half full off water and one of the contacts
> was rotted completely off.
>
> I ended up soldering a wire on to the bulb so it would work until I figure
> out a better fix...
>
> Steve
> EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
>

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
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