Clearance light February 11, 2018, 10:38:33 am Yesterday as I was cleaning and waxing Baxter I found a broken clearance light on the rear. I ordered a new one from Amazon.Amazon.com: Bargman 34-59-001 #59 Series Red Clearance/Side Marker Light:...Question apart from making sure its the 'right' one is there any tips on installation issues? As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Clearnce light Reply #1 – February 11, 2018, 10:49:41 am Quote from: colddog - February 11, 2018, 10:38:33 amYesterday as I was cleaning and waxing Baxter I found a broken cleaning light on the rear. I ordered a new one from Amazon.Amazon.com: Bargman 34-59-001 #59 Series Red Clearance/Side Marker Light:...Question apart from making sure its the 'right' one is there any tips on installation issues?Good luck. We just removed one while installing a backup camera. The back side of the light was literally filled with polyurethane caulk a 1/4" thick. It took some time prying it off with a putty knife gently and broke apart in the process. I watched the guy who removed it and he taped around the light first with the blue painter's tape to prevent damage.Of course, ours is an 06 and maybe they stopped doing that later.Jim As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Clearnce light Reply #2 – February 11, 2018, 01:22:00 pm Quote from: colddog - February 11, 2018, 10:38:33 amQuestion apart from making sure its the 'right' one is there any tips on installation issues?LD is not big on providing any 'service loop' in its wiring runs. Cutting or disconnecting the wires from a lamp then having them vanish forever is a common occurrence. Suggest clamping them in a pair of hemostats or similar BEFORE disconnecting.Steve
Re: Clearnce light Reply #3 – February 11, 2018, 01:37:29 pm "LD is not big on providing any 'service loop' in its wiring runs. Cutting or disconnecting the wires from a lamp then having them vanish forever is a common occurrence. Suggest clamping them in a pair of hemostats or similar BEFORE disconnecting."----To say that LD is 'not big' on providing a service loop is an tactful understatement; IMO, they are downright cheap! I've never seen any wiring on any LD of any year that offers any 'play'; I hope that anyone who does anything with wires in an LD heeds Steve's advice on securing the wires before disconnecting.
Re: Clearnce light Reply #4 – February 11, 2018, 01:58:08 pm "To say that LD is 'not big' on providing a service loop is an tactful understatement; IMO, they are downright cheap!" Call it cheap if you want Joan, I'd term it 'stingy'!I'm in the final stages of converting all lighting (except running/marker lights) to LED. Nowhere did I take a fixture down that I did not encounter short wires, as in NO slack at all. In some cases I actually had to insert a jumper to make it work.
Re: Clearance light Reply #5 – February 11, 2018, 07:46:16 pm If the fixture is cracked, then you get into a bunch of issues. If the red lens is cracked, just pop it off and pop the new one on.Ken F in NM
Re: Clearance light Reply #6 – February 12, 2018, 04:19:48 am In my experience the side marker light wiring is easily accessed from inside the skirt, so installation should be easy. Also, since you can't see both of them at once, they don't even have to match very well. (ask me how I know!) So the new one might look a little different. The biggest problem is if the new one is smaller than the old one. That will expose unpainted skirt. RonB
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