Refurb headlights or buy new

[dan]

Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde

You post indicates you have more than one electrical problem. It is far better to restore original parts than to use reproductions in my opinion. In your case, I suspect that your Model A needs a total electrical system restoration, so I recommend that you replace the all of wiring harnesses, especially the main lighting harness.

Good advice, Bob. I didn't mention it, but this is part of my wiring harness replacement project. Untangling the mess has been interesting... in the ancient Chinese curse sense.

[JayJay]

FWIW: I was having issues with the flat-headed stock-style wires and plastic inserts meeting properly with the (obviously) repro socket in the buckets. I removed the guts of the sockets and installed banana plugs on the harness wires and the socket wires, and use the push-in connectors on the wires. No trouble since. The harness wires are color coded, but the socket wires aren’t. I put a wrap of colored electricians tape to keep them straight.