From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Jan 01 2005 - 14:42:22 PST
Sorry for the mis spelling. Nor should have been "not"
and light should have been "like"
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fire Extinguisher for M1008
> 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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