Listers,
I will try to get the part numbers but ALL of the items ... LED bulbs
and the electronic 2 prong flasher were purchased at my local Autozone
store. They were just off of the rack items. All of the tailights were
replaced with bulbs that have the lights at the end of the unit not the
surround type. Originally they were to make the lamps brighter but they
seem to initiate much more abruptly rather that slowly illuminating when
the brake pedal is pushed they 'flash' on.
I will try to get part numbers and stuff but it means disassembly and
... that may take some motivation. I will try to pull the flasher and
get all of you the part number but I was told that an electronic Ford
flasher will do the trick as I recall.
Best Regards,
Tim Ronak
Business Development Manager
Akzo Nobel Coatings
23961 Via El Rocio
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Laifman [mailto:SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:59 AM
To: Ronak, TP (Timothy)
Subject: Re: Lights and distributor (Personal)
Tim, O.M., (PERSONAL)
Thanks for the helpful personal experience. I am presuming you are
following the "common" advice to use LED's of the same color as the
lens, as the white washes out the lens colors.
I have been to all the custom shops and major parts stores to find the
right lights. Even the 1156 and 1157 replacements come in a variety of
flavors, including one that looks like the LED's are both at the end,
as well as surrounding a cylindrical shaped "bulb" size.
There are some heavy duty resistors to cut down the voltage, but direct
replacements are a crap shoot.
Please advise, if you can, the manufacturer, and his model number for
flashers, resistors (if needed), and part numbers for the tail/stop
1157's, the single contact 1156's, and whatever the front turn and
marker light want.
It would save a lot of fruitless searching. For all I know, these are
illegal in California unless manufacturer supplied and CHP approved
(much stuff is) and can't be found for those reasons.
LOTS of web sites list tons of models with no helpful guidance. Do I
have to massacre my wiring to install the flashers, or are they plug-in?
I am sure I am not the only one who is clue-less.
Steve
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
Ronak, TP (Timothy) wrote:
>Listers,
>I am running LED lamps and have done so for quite a while. I agree with
>the recommendations of red in the rear and yellow in the front. I
>replaced my flasher with an electronic flasher and have no problem with
>the signal working correctly.
>
>The distributor issue may be a problem if the shaft came out of the Oil
>pump and is binding but most likely using some grease to center the
>shaft and then rotate the distributor slightly while inserting the
>distributor until the unit falls into place.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Tim Ronak
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