H7 Headlamp - can you swap the wiring without cutting the lamp?

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detch

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That's a quick question:
My H7 bulb on the right lamp stopped working.
The harness has 12V and the grounds are ok.
But between the harness and the Hella H7 socket 12V drops to 3-4V.

The chance of a loose wire is rather slim, my money is on the connector. But I did this investigation on the sidewalk through the entry port with my face pressed to the front tyre. I will be probably removing the headlamp later this week. But before that, a key question:

Can you remove the harness (especially the connector) from the headlamp without cutting/ungluing the whole construction?
 
I think the sockets on the headlight housing can be removed so the entire harness inside the headlight is removable, there's enough access with the rear flap removed to most of the light innards. Here's mine with the rear cover removed, the two sockets are at the top of the body.

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Hmm. But can you get somehow to the other side of the main socket? One of my pins fell out :/
And my sausage fingers are too big to fix it from the outside.
 
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