Madmods,
I recently bought a set of used Litronic headlights that have badly scratched lenses and would like to transfer all of the parts to my original headlight frames which have excellent lenses. My problem is removing the lens. I read your steps, thanks for the work on your part, and tried to remove one of the lenses from the used set. I applied the heat from the heat gun to the case rather than the lens, thinking a melted lens would not be what I wanted. I heated all around the case until it was hot to the touch, about 20 minutes worth. I tried to pry and nothing was loose. Heated for another 15 minutes and still nothing. Tried ten more and prying with what I thought was a lot of force I finally got some movement. Then I realized I could not find a good pry point. The lens was soft and I ended up scratching the under side of the outer lens ring. I did get the lens removed but made it pretty much useless. Any thoughts on how I might do better?
Jim
I heated my assembly in the oven for 30 minutes at 200 degrees. I then used a two inch wide stiff putty knife and it worked great. Insert the putt knife in the center at the top of the lens. Put the knife in 1/2 inch and raise the handle of the knife, do not press down. The underside of the lens can be scratched so only pry on the outside edge of the lens. If you pry on the underside you will scratch the silver coating. I attached a photo to show what I am referring to.
