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The Beetle had a much more substantial gasket. Maybe the Type 3 one was to fill the water trap between the fender and headlamp bowl, rather than seal to the rim. Non-sealed beam units do seal better to the rim - the inside has a seal round the glass/reflector assembly, which is clamped to the rim, so the seal helps. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [T3] 6V headlight plugs > On 12 Sep 2006 at 14:49, Dave Hall wrote: > > > Shouldn't be any salty water inside the headlamp bowl. They use to have an > > O-ring seal around the outside for the trim ring to seal on. > > At least with the sealed beams, water is still free to get in between the > sealed beam frame and the chrome bezel. That little O-ring does almost nothing, > I've often wondered why VW bothered with it. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >