Let there be light! - head lights & grille for the 1054

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And then there was light!

 

What with the 1054 - and a few other models - having those weensy 3" light openings in the housing, you have to be innovative to get some light on the subject. (and a lot of other places on these 'getting older every minute' tractors). Jeremi here on the forum gave me the clue to start looking - and within a couple days HF (I admit it, I love HF!) sent me the sale flyer and there they were at a whopping $7.99, halogen work lights. They are 4" with a rubber housing making them some 5" total, but by making a fixture to press down on the rubber facing from the back and centering the sealed beam in the 3" opening, it makes a pretty nice fit up.  I had a piece of box iron in 2x3" and sliced off a short piece, then cut a piece of 1/8" sheet and done a little bit of bending to make it press on the back of the light housing, which seems to have them well anchored. And being halogen, they are bright!

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-halogen-vehicle-work-light-93904.html

 

Along with no lights, I also didnt have a grille. I had been keeping an eye out for a suitable candidate for some 3-4 weeks now, not really wanting to use regular expanded metal - which I had plenty of -  so a couple days ago I went round back of the shop and spotted an old belt guard off a one time air compressor. It had expanded metal, but was the flat kind in a smaller triangle - lookin good!

 

[JUSS10 250]

looks real good! may have to do that with mine. my headlights still work rather nice on my 1054 but those work out real nice!

 

Justin

[groundhog47 347]

Nice job Bill, waitin' to see it up close and personal!

[1054josh 25]

Sent u a pm

[AMC RULES 37,196]

Nicely modified.  

[jeremi3210 742]

Nice job!! Those look really good.

[welderman85 53]

Great work