T&C 1999 - Condensation in the headlight

"Netman" <NoOne.TakeThisOut@here.com> wrote in message
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>I just bought a T&C 1999, one of its headlights has significant
>condensation in
> it that does not seem to go away or even diminish with use.
>
> A internet search reveals that a small hole should be drilled in the body
> of the
> light to let the moisture escape and it should later be sealed with
> silicon
> sealer.
>
> Kindly advise, what is the best way to handle this issue.
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>


You already did it.
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Robert Reynolds wrote:
> Netman wrote:
>> I just bought a T&C 1999, one of its headlights has significant
>> condensation in
>> it that does not seem to go away or even diminish with use.
>>
>> A internet search reveals that a small hole should be drilled in the
>> body of the
>> light to let the moisture escape and it should later be sealed with
>> silicon
>> sealer.
>>
>> Kindly advise, what is the best way to handle this issue.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Matt
>>
>
>
> I have had a bunch of minivans with lights full of water. I used to
> drill a little hole in the bottom of each light, toward t
>
> I haven't had to do it yet to a 1999. I suspect that if water got in
> there once, it could get in again. Sealing the hole seems like it would
> get you back to where you started.

Hi...

Chrysler will sell you a "vent" that you may install in them
that seems to work very very well. Last I bought required
the dealer to order them, took a couple of days to get here,
and cost around 5 or 6 dollars Canadian each.

If anyone would find it helpful, I'll be happy to dig up an
old invoice and provide the part number. I do remember the
description was "spord tube" (correct)

And they do install in the TOP of the housing.

Take care.

Ken
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Ken Weitzel wrote:

> Chrysler will sell you a "vent" that you may install in them
> that seems to work very very well. Last I bought required
> the dealer to order them, took a couple of days to get here,
> and cost around 5 or 6 dollars Canadian each.
>
> If anyone would find it helpful, I'll be happy to dig up an
> old invoice and provide the part number. I do remember the
> description was "spord tube" (correct)
>
> And they do install in the TOP of the housing.
>
> Take care.
>
> Ken


I have had lights with as much as 3/4" of water when I bought the van.
Draining it from the bottom seemed like a good idea at the time, but I
can see how a vent at the top would be good for letting vapor out.
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Netman wrote:
> |Hi...
> |
> |Chrysler will sell you a "vent" that you may install in them
> |that seems to work very very well. Last I bought required
> |the dealer to order them, took a couple of days to get here,
> |and cost around 5 or 6 dollars Canadian each.
> |
> |If anyone would find it helpful, I'll be happy to dig up an
> |old invoice and provide the part number. I do remember the
> |description was "spord tube" (correct)
> |
> |And they do install in the TOP of the housing.
> |
> |Take care.
> |
> |Ken
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Hi Ken:
>
> The idea seems sound, please post the part number.

Hi Matt..

Chrysler's part number is 4676351 SPORD VENT-HEADL

Take care.

Ken
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Ken Weitzel wrote:

> ...I do remember the
> description was "spord tube" (correct)

Someone is making up words at DC. I couldn't find it in a Webster's
dictionary, and the only thing credible from a Google search was "A
spoon shaped sword" - sounds like a modern invented word, like "spork".

Bill Putney
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> On Mar 31, 8:41 am, Ken Weitzel <kweit... RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Matt..
>
> Chrysler's part number is 4676351 SPORD VENT-HEADL
>
> Take care.
>

I have this problem also. Thanks for the info. "spord"??

That reminds me that my Grand Caravan needs new gounch bumpers.
Seriously, "gounch bumpers". Anybody want to guess what they are?
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Bill Putney wrote:
> Ken Weitzel wrote:
>
>> ...I do remember the
>> description was "spord tube" (correct)
>
> Someone is making up words at DC. I couldn't find it in a Webster's
> dictionary, and the only thing credible from a Google search was "A
> spoon shaped sword" - sounds like a modern invented word, like "spork".

Hi Bill...

Surely you'd be willing to pay 10 times more for an official
spord than you would for a bit of plastic with a pressure valve
in it, wouldn't you?

Now you've got me wondering... maybe spord is dealer talk
for SPecial ORDer ?

Take care.

Ken
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Ken Weitzel wrote:
> Bill Putney wrote:
>
>> Ken Weitzel wrote:
>>
>>> ...I do remember the
>>> description was "spord tube" (correct)
>>
>>
>> Someone is making up words at DC. I couldn't find it in a Webster's
>> dictionary, and the only thing credible from a Google search was "A
>> spoon shaped sword" - sounds like a modern invented word, like "spork".
>
>
> Hi Bill...
>
> Surely you'd be willing to pay 10 times more for an official
> spord than you would for a bit of plastic with a pressure valve
> in it, wouldn't you?
>
> Now you've got me wondering... maybe spord is dealer talk
> for SPecial ORDer ?
>
> Take care.
>
> Ken

Hah! That's probably it.

Bill Putney
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address with the letter 'x')
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powrwrap wrote:

>>On Mar 31, 8:41 am, Ken Weitzel <kweit....RemoveThis@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Matt..
>>
>>Chrysler's part number is 4676351 SPORD VENT-HEADL
>>
>>Take care.
>>
>
>
> I have this problem also. Thanks for the info. "spord"??
>
> That reminds me that my Grand Caravan needs new gounch bumpers.
> Seriously, "gounch bumpers". Anybody want to guess what they are?

"Jounce" bumpers (in the struts)?

They call the rubber around the headlights on LH cars (and probably
others) "welts".

Bill Putney
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> On Mar 31, 2:04 pm, Bill Putney <b... RemoveThis @kinez.net> wrote:

> > powrwrap wrote:

> > That reminds me that my Grand Caravan needs new gounch bumpers.
> > Seriously, "gounch bumpers". Anybody want to guess what they are?


> "Jounce" bumpers (in the struts)?

The gounch bumpers are conical shaped rubber devices (think stacked
donut shaped rings of decreasing diameters) that are mounted on the
frame above the rear axle. Their function is to provide a cushion
between the axle and the frame if the vehicle goes over a huge bump
and the rear shocks are toast.

I asked the guy in the parts department how the word was spelled so I
assume it is correct.
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powrwrap wrote:
>>On Mar 31, 2:04 pm, Bill Putney <b... RemoveThis @kinez.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>powrwrap wrote:
>
>
>>>That reminds me that my Grand Caravan needs new gounch bumpers.
>>>Seriously, "gounch bumpers". Anybody want to guess what they are?
>
>
>
>>"Jounce" bumpers (in the struts)?
>
>
> The gounch bumpers are conical shaped rubber devices (think stacked
> donut shaped rings of decreasing diameters) that are mounted on the
> frame above the rear axle. Their function is to provide a cushion
> between the axle and the frame if the vehicle goes over a huge bump
> and the rear shocks are toast.
>
> I asked the guy in the parts department how the word was spelled so I
> assume it is correct.

I think you either misunderstood him or he was having some fun at your
expense. The part I was talking about in the struts serves the same
exact purpose as the part you described on the rear axle. "Gounch" is
not a word. "Jounce" is.

Bill Putney
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address with the letter 'x')
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