Section G5B - Royal Enfield SPRING FRAME O.H.V. 250cc CLIPPER 1954 Workshop Maintenance Manual

ROYAL ENFIELD WORKSHOP MANUAL
For "250 Clipper" 1954 and early 1955
1. Headlamp
The headlamp (see Fig. 1) is built into the
Casquette fork head which also houses the
ammeter (with ignition warning light) and the
six-position combined lighting and ignition
switch. For details of the functions of the six
positions of the switch see Section G2c,
sub-section 2.
The headlamp consists of a rim secured to the
fork head by a screw at the bottom and attached
to which are the lens and reflector with a sealing
washer between. These components are secured
to the rim by means of four spring clips and need
not be separated from it except in the event of
damage to either the rim, lens or reflector.
A bulb holder is held at the back of the
reflector by a hinged wire clip and carries both
the main and pilot bulbs as well as the leads
carrying the supply to the bulb contacts.
2. Replacing Bulbs
Unscrew the screw at the bottom of the lamp
rim and remove the rim complete with lens,

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Miller Lamps
reflector and bulb holder. Release the wire clip
securing the bulb holder, hinge this back and
remove the bulb holder.
used if desired. This will give more light but will
increase the speed at which the lamp and ignition
load is balanced by the output from the alternator
and rectifier. For this reason the 30 watt bulb is
not recommended if circumstances call for much
low speed riding with the headlight on.
holder is removed from the machine unless the
reflector portion of the bulb holder is "earthed"
to the frame of the machine.
3. Replacing Lens or Reflector
Subsection 2, remove the bulb holder thus
The correct bulbs are :
Main bulb ... 6v - 24x24 watt S.B.C.
Part No. MI/62/13
Pilot bulb ... 6v - 3 watt S.B.C.
Part No. MI/36/6
Note a 6v:-30 x 30 watt S.B.C. bulb can be
Note. Bulbs will not light when the bulb
Remove the lamp rim as described in
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