Monday, November 16, 2015
While we're waiting
Well, while I am waiting for the cab to be painted, I thought I might get to rewiring the headlights and parking lights. The headlights were pretty straight forward. I got 2 new wire plugs for the back of the bulbs and a couple of grommets. I clipped off a short piece of the new wiring harness that has the right color and printing on the wire and spliced short pieces on the new 3 prong holder. Then I put some shrink over it and put it through the grommet. After attaching a new 6024 Halogen 12 volt bulb, I put all the parts together in the headlight buckets. They are now ready to install. Next, I wanted to change the one wire parking lights to a 2 wire system so I could use them also for turn signals. I had to push out the existing bulb socket and bought a set of two wire sockets. Got them pushed in and I added a couple drops of JB Weld around the sockets so they can't slip back out. Did a battery test and both filaments light up. Should work as I want If I wire them correctly to the harness. The wiring kit is going to be a real test of my ability.
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