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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 08:32 AM
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I purchased a used 7" headlight off of a heritage to upgrade my current light. Im using a bosch reflector that takes a h4 bulb. The lamp itself fits perfect in the bucket but it appears im missing something. When I put the outside trim ring on the lamp itself falls out. Is there supposed to be an inner ring that screws to the bucket itself to hold the lamp in?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 08:56 AM
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Yes, there is supposed to be a chrome ring that screws to the bucket with three screws. That ring secures the lamp(reflector) to the bucket.
 
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Would it happen to look like this?
 
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Would it happen to look like this?
Yep! The three screws line up only one way. Some of MoCos "brilliant" engineering. Mine took a little "persuasion" to line up correctly.
 
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Awesome, thanks for the help guys!!!
 
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