From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Jan 01 2005 - 14:27:36 PST
I noticed last night thst one of my headlights is nor burning. Its a M1008.
Are they twelve volt light a civvy truck?
Thanks,
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Placzankis" <plaz@mac.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fire Extinguisher for M1008
> Great!
>
> Thanks Doug, I'll be heading to Lowe's first chance I get.
>
> BTW, I took advantage of the wonderful 66 F warm weather in Maryland
> today and got my Blackout light (the one in the grill just above the
> bridge plate) working today. I don't know the proper name for this
> housing, I think that someone once told me it was for maps. If anyone
> on the list knows the proper term, I would be keen on learning it. As
> for the condition of this light, it turns out it wasn't the bulb or the
> wires. It was complete corrosion of the interior bracket and socket.
> This Aurora company - could they have made it any cheaper from a
> materials selection point of view? After much scraping & sanding I
> finally revealed enough bare metal to make functional electrical
> contacts but still overall the inside of this unit is a complete
> disaster. So in the last 2 days I have restored 2 bulbs that never
> worked since I purchased the truck to working condition. The other
> bulb (for those keeping track) was the interior under dash light. I
> must say it will be much easier to find that series 5200 lock on the
> wheel chain in pitch darkness from now on.
>
> If I can score that nice straight bed, all that will be left for me to
> do is line up a good body shop to remove a few minor (but darned hard
> to get to) cab dents courtesy of Mr. Forklift and fill in some tiny
> rust pinholes near the lower cab corners (I'm thinking Metco Spraysteel
> LS wire spray there). Then the complete repaint with MIL-DTL-64159 -
> Waterborne CARC.
>
> plaz
> 1985 M1008
>
>
> On Jan 1, 2005, at 2:20 PM, R392 wrote:
>
> > The one I bought had a black plastic bracket and it matched perfect.
> > Buy one with a gauge. Ill send a pic. if you need.
> > It is the same thing I had in the kitchen.
> > They never used anything extravagant.
> > Doug
>
>
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