El cheapo trailer light replacements!!
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El cheapo trailer light replacements!!
When your boat trailer lights take a crap from corrosion, Instead of replacing the whole housing and lens for a pretty penny. Get some of the Ford pigtail sockets with ground!! They go for around $5.00 and can save you a lot of money.
Get the ones with the ground wire(it will have 3 wires stop/signal,running lights and ground) Run the trailer wires into light housing put dielectric grease in those heatshrink butt splice and the socket. I made a little plastic bracket that I bolt to the housing and that flange on the pigtail socket, or else it will flop around and melt the lens. I also spray the inside of the housing with cold galvanizing paint to protect the metal and add reflectivity!! I had a couple sets of bearing buddies stolen at the ramp, so I just drill a hole and put a zerk fitting in the bearing cap. A couple pumps every now and then and you know you got some fresh in there!!
Get the ones with the ground wire(it will have 3 wires stop/signal,running lights and ground) Run the trailer wires into light housing put dielectric grease in those heatshrink butt splice and the socket. I made a little plastic bracket that I bolt to the housing and that flange on the pigtail socket, or else it will flop around and melt the lens. I also spray the inside of the housing with cold galvanizing paint to protect the metal and add reflectivity!! I had a couple sets of bearing buddies stolen at the ramp, so I just drill a hole and put a zerk fitting in the bearing cap. A couple pumps every now and then and you know you got some fresh in there!!
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I did leave one thing out dohh!! Put a ring terminal on the ground and clean the frame
where the light housing bolts to and put it on that bolt or drill and put a nut and bolt thru the frame then a washer and then the ring terminal for the trailer light. Make sure to liberally apply dielectric grease to all connections. I personally run a two wire disconnect(trolling motor one) and have a good ground from the truck and I put a switch in the cab with
a fog light on the back of the trailer. It is good for backing at night especially in tight
boat ramps, I leave the mounts a little loose so I can swivel it around to change tires on the side of the road. I did this because I got into shrimping hardcore and of course
the best time to shrimp is at midnight usually on an outgoing tide!! But anybody can use a back up/utility light.
where the light housing bolts to and put it on that bolt or drill and put a nut and bolt thru the frame then a washer and then the ring terminal for the trailer light. Make sure to liberally apply dielectric grease to all connections. I personally run a two wire disconnect(trolling motor one) and have a good ground from the truck and I put a switch in the cab with
a fog light on the back of the trailer. It is good for backing at night especially in tight
boat ramps, I leave the mounts a little loose so I can swivel it around to change tires on the side of the road. I did this because I got into shrimping hardcore and of course
the best time to shrimp is at midnight usually on an outgoing tide!! But anybody can use a back up/utility light.
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