Have you seen the light?
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Have you seen the light?
Ok, my truck is in the body shop getting painted. They are replacing my beat to death hood. The shop owner found a good used hood and it has an option I have never seen. It has a work light with a retractable cord attached to the bottom. It has a wiring harness and we actually found the connector on my truck it plugs into. So it must be a factory option.
Does anybody have one of these? How rare of an option is it? Does it look complete, is it missing anything? I intend to hook it up and use it.
Does anybody have one of these? How rare of an option is it? Does it look complete, is it missing anything? I intend to hook it up and use it.
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Ok, my truck is in the body shop getting painted. They are replacing my beat to death hood. The shop owner found a good used hood and it has an option I have never seen. It has a work light with a retractable cord attached to the bottom. It has a wiring harness and we actually found the connector on my truck it plugs into. So it must be a factory option.
Does anybody have one of these? How rare of an option is it? Does it look complete, is it missing anything? I intend to hook it up and use it.
Does anybody have one of these? How rare of an option is it? Does it look complete, is it missing anything? I intend to hook it up and use it.
to find one. There are none up here, I've already checked. I've already got the box, now I need the light.
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I literally grab these up when I come across them and have several lying around. A lot of times the mercury switch inside goes bad. It is replaceable and at one time, there was a company giving out new ones for free when you sent the old mercury filled ones in. These can be taken apart (removing the rivots). I then usually use small bolts/nuts to close them back up. Some of them need rewound so the light fully retracts. The nice thing is that the light housing has a magnet on it so you can stick it anywhere on the body (great for changing a flat at night. (or finding your dropped keys . Chevy has a similar set up but it has a manual on/off switch and manual crank to retract the cord.
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The Body shop owner found it and didn't say.
I have never seen one. Now I will be looking out for the tool box.
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Google lists some sources, including amazon.
It used to be you could buy those at Radio Shack but mercury has since been found to be
an environmental & health hazard (causes brain & nervous system damage) and has pretty much
been removed from the mainstream marketplace. It is now considered a hazardous waste, one
pea-sized drop can affect a fairly large (20 acres? I forget) land or water mass for years to come
without degrading.
Anyway, use Google to find where to get 'em these days.
It used to be you could buy those at Radio Shack but mercury has since been found to be
an environmental & health hazard (causes brain & nervous system damage) and has pretty much
been removed from the mainstream marketplace. It is now considered a hazardous waste, one
pea-sized drop can affect a fairly large (20 acres? I forget) land or water mass for years to come
without degrading.
Anyway, use Google to find where to get 'em these days.
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