It's the little accomplishments. Started with a bit of frustration.....
Finishing a resto on an older utility and finally located an original bow light, they were out of production for a long time and are very cool looking. The housing and lenses are very well made, but the bulb holder was mounted to the light with what appeared to be automotive black rope caulk, or the 3m window caulk. There was a reflector, and the bulb socket was stuck to it with a wad of this stuff, irritating, but at least I had a nice housing and lenses. No way I was mounting this as is, but at least someone is reproducing the housings.
I did some research and decided to convert it to LED and looked at several ways, then settled on grafting an Atwood bow light into the housing. Took the new LED apart, spent a lot of time with a Dremel and a small drill and bedded it with 3M 5200 and here we go. Pics are of the light, the donor LED and a few test fits:
Finishing a resto on an older utility and finally located an original bow light, they were out of production for a long time and are very cool looking. The housing and lenses are very well made, but the bulb holder was mounted to the light with what appeared to be automotive black rope caulk, or the 3m window caulk. There was a reflector, and the bulb socket was stuck to it with a wad of this stuff, irritating, but at least I had a nice housing and lenses. No way I was mounting this as is, but at least someone is reproducing the housings.
I did some research and decided to convert it to LED and looked at several ways, then settled on grafting an Atwood bow light into the housing. Took the new LED apart, spent a lot of time with a Dremel and a small drill and bedded it with 3M 5200 and here we go. Pics are of the light, the donor LED and a few test fits: