docking lights

[Jay Darst]

Scott,

I changed one of my landing lights also. Can be a bit of a job!

First remove the screws surrounding the fixture, the ones with heads
looking at you while standing beside your Bird. These are a phillips
screw threw the fixture and thenb the sheet metal.

Once you have the fixture loose, snip the wires and bring the
fixture inside on the work bench. You will be re connecting the
wires with a male/female fully insulated plugs. This way you'll be
able to remove the fixture in the future without shortening the
already too short wires.

On the bench with the fixture, you'll see 3 3/8" head self taping
screws holding a retainer that holds the eye ball in its place.
Remove the 3 screws and then push the Eyeball out of its fixture.

Now comes the hard part. You need to find the seam were the front
and back half of the eyeball meet and split it. this can be a chore
due to the massive amount of white corrosion which torments aluminum.

I ended up using a hacksaw to cut the joint a bit, maybe an inch
long gash. Did so on the bottom side so in the future the cut would
drain any moisture from the eyeball. Once the inch long cut is
opened, stick a screw driver/prybar in the gas and pry it apart.

once its apart, you'll be able to change the bulb. I actually broke
the bulb to remove it from the eye. That allowed me to remove the
rubber ring that actually holds the bulb in place and clean the
rubber ring plus treat it with silicone grease which will keep the
rubber ring pliable for years to come.

The correct bulb is

< http://www.topbulb.com/find/Product_Description.asp?
intProductID=42032 >

Its more money than the farm tractor bulbs, but ihas the correct
beam spread ofr the purpose and it is 100watt insted of the farm
tractor 50 watter.

More questions, call me 217-971-0036cell

Jay Darst
85PT40
Springfield, IL where we are preparing to head for S. Padre Island,
TX on Christmas day. My family in 85PT40 and brother Dan and wife
Barb in 86FC35RB... yea baby!!!

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman"
<sforman@r...> wrote:
>
> Ralph,
>
> Can you elaborate on how the bulb comes out? I spent the better
half
> of a day trying to figure it out and couldn't...but then again, I
am
> not the handiest guy in the world, either. I still have one
burned
> out I'd like to replace.
>
> Thanks
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
> wrote:
> >
> > The eyeball is actually aluminum. It builds up a coating of
white
> > crystalline between the two halves that is hard to break lose. I
> use the
> > rubber handle of a hammer to tap all the way around to break the
> surface
> > tension but not the part, then soak it lime away for an hour or
so
> then use
> > a penetrating oil and let it seep into the hair line separation
> before
> > using the putty knife then screwdriver on both sides at once to
> start it
> > apart. In the front half of the housing, there are two slots on
> each side
> > that will allow the old bulb to be turned and come out then re
> install the
> > same way, with the rubber gaskets, slide the halves back
together
> then
> > using a rubber hammer to seat the halves tightly.
> >
> > Safe travels,
> >
> > Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> > Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
> > http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm
> >
> > At 02:23 PM 12/21/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > >NAPA has docking lights part # 4411.
> > >It is a farm tractor headlight.
> > >
> >
>