400SE headlamp pods

[350Wedge]

Does anyone have an exploded diagram view of a 400SE headlamp pod and the internals.. i.e brackets, linkage etc...

My drivers side pod internals are not looking too great and with the MOT coming up in a few weeks i need to have a look and see what it should be like...

Cheers

[350zwelgje]

Don't have what you have asked for, but a workaround: lift the pods (manually if required) and pull the fuses. Pods stay up and it can pass the MOT (if your lights are working ;-) without any problems.

Rob

[CarbonWedge]

There are a couple which may help on the wedge pages.


http://www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk/maint_headlight.htm...

[350Wedge]

Thanks for the replies so far....

The lights pop up and work fine. The problem is that part of the rear adjuster mechanism/bracket that holds the lamp in place is broken/corroded. Hence although the light is held in place you can quite literally push the lamp unit back about 1/2 an inch with no resistance in one corner. It wobbles like hell if your're driving and i suspect its not secure enough in place to pass the MOT??

Would that be an MOT failure? Its not going to fall out but its not 100% secure.

[grahamw48]

One of mine was loose like that, and my local garage sorted it for me last week (amongst other things), so she passed the MOT.
They only charged me four & half hours labour for sorting the light, fitting 2 trackrod ends, fixing door handle mechanism, new fuel filter, which was leaking anyway , fitting new light switch, and two rack gaiters.

[grahamw48]

CarbonWedge said:

There are a couple which may help on the wedge pages.


http://www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk/maint_headlight.htm...

Those are the round type headlight pods though.

[adam quantrill]

In my experience the lights can be quite wobbly and pass the MOT, as long as when they come up they are in alignment.

[johndvh]

my 400SE handlights are also wobbly, as one of the three fixation points is broken. Does anyone knows if it is sourced somewere of if it is a TVR special made part?

Cheers