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I had a nice light in my 1998 Chevy Tahoe year ago that I liked. Found one in the scrapyard and brought it home to try in my F250. It’s a tight fit but it works so look for one in that era GM Truck. It’s not a Delco or GM part, I forget the name of the company, but its a well known company.. I had to enlarge the bottom hole for clearance to use the top bolt holding the vacuum stuff on the fender. the other 2 holes I just used sheet metal screws to fasten. The light has a long cord (about 15 feet) and the housing has a hand crank to reel the cord back in and there is a switch to turn the light on and off. One pic shows location, the other is actually using the light to illuminate the side of it so you can see the switch and hand crank. Now I want to find a good Led bulb to replace the incandescent…. Spot where it just fits. Close to passenger battery so wiring was easy with an in=line fuse Reel and built in switch visible.
Poor quality pics ahead.
I've been looking for one of those lights myself. I had some LED grid lights leftover from another project that I installed under the hood. I didn't expect them to last a week in underhood conditions but that was 4 years ago.
When I bought them they came with an adapter that fit the stock bulb socket. A few feet of wire was all I needed.
They are mounted on the angled area, pointing down and in toward the engine, canceling out a good amount of shadow. They are held on with the double-sided tape that was already on the lights.
This has been extremely helpful when re-installing a blown boot on the side of the highway at night.
As nice as it is to have this, a retractable light would be an added bonus for lighting up specific areas.
