Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:26:44 -0700
Reply-To: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Extra tailight in spare socket?
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Cool. Great info.
Thanks!
Neil.
On 4/9/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah, my local Lordco. Green cardboard at the back of a blister pack.
> Plug and play. Washed a ton of dust out of the lenses too!
>
> And I just got around to mounting the high-mounted brakelight on the top
> of Dixie. It looks factory and the LED array is VERY visible way up there.
>
> I used a fixture from a white GM delivery van, the kind you see all over
> Vancouver. The earlier one that simply surface mounts. It has its own
> built-in gasket and fastens to the fibreglass with two screws. The wires go
> through the bed platform and right down behind the closet to the engine
> bay. One crimp fitting and one ground, seal the hole and you're all done
>
> Dixie looks all modern now, with the Merceds wheels and the foil/bubble in
> the windows and the sexy little LED high brake light. :)
>
> Seeya, Jake
>
> On 4/9/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jake.
> >
> > Did you find these 7506 bulbs at a FLAPS store?
> >
> > Neil.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/9/07, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I did this and I think I used some brass sheet stock to make a simple
> > folded
> > > brass 'spring' a little like the ones in the bottom of household light
> > > fixtures. I don't remember clearly.
> > >
> > > It does a pretty good job, but I put 7506 21W bulbs in my other van
> > and
> > > they work just as well, if not better. No sign of melting. :)
> > >
> > > On 4/9/07, Gregor Brandt <gbrandt@marionette.ca> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > '86 Westy
> > > >
> > > > I am thinking of getting more light out of the back of the van for
> > night
> > > > driving. I removed the lenses and noticed an extra socket, which I
> > assume
> > > > is for the Euro foglamp. This socket has no 'springy' power
> > connector at
> > > > the bottom of it. I would like to use this socket for an extra
> > driving
> > > > light, has anybody else done this? If so, what did you use for the
> > springy
> > > > powerconnect at the bottom of the bulb?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Gregor
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jake
> > > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
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