1984 Work Horse GT-1600 REFRESH

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

18 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

I think you should have jam nuts at both ends of the tie rods.  If you don't you'll end up wearing out the threads.

 

 

Dag-nab it !

Edited January 21, 2022 by Horse Newbie

[kpinnc 10,751]

2 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

Anybody used these for headlights ?

 

Not specifically. How much are they?

 

If the Lumens rating is correct, they'll be bright.

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

Think about putting dust caps on the spindles too...

 

 

You can get these in black also.

 

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

8 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

Not specifically. How much are they?

 

If the Lumens rating is correct, they'll be bright.

 

8 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

Not specifically. How much are they?

 

If the Lumens rating is correct, they'll be bright.

$17.53…

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

20 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

Anybody used these

 

Different name on mine, but I'm sure the dame samn thing.

 

Mine are 6000K which means a little bit 'whiter', perhaps almost 'blue-ish', than the 5000K.  I figure if I'm going LED I'm gonna get 'em as white as possible, but 5000K is good too.  I wouldn't go any lower than that because they start to turn yellow.

 

 

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by Jeff-C175

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

7 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

Think about putting dust caps on the spindles too...

 

 

You can get these in black also.

 

Looks like your washer is up higher than mine…

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

1 minute ago, Jeff-C175 said:

I wouldn't go any lower than that because they start to turn yellow

Does your look like that on the front ?… seems I have seen them on here that doesn’t have the yellow circles/ look almost like halogens .

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

57 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

Looks like your washer is up higher than mine…

 

I don't believe there's a washer on mine at all.  I think the 'hump' you see in the cover is the top of the spindle.

Mine have C-clips and not split cotters.

You might have to flatten that cotter head with a hammer.

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by Jeff-C175

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

9 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

Does your look like that on the front ?

 

 

Not as 'shiny' as an incandescent sealed beam though, which I like the look of better, but I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by Jeff-C175

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

6 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

 

Not as 'shiny' as an incandescent sealed beam though:

 

 

 

 

 

I don’t mind if they aren’t as shiny… and I could live with being able to see the “yellow” Light Emitting Diodes, I’d just rather not.

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

Just now, Horse Newbie said:

being able to see the “yellow” Light Emitting Diodes,

 

If you look real close in person you can just see the diodes inside, but the glass on these is sorta frosted.  Not obvious at all.

 

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

If I hammer that cotter pin head down flat, those black dust cover caps will slid over the top of the end of the axle where the spindle shaft comes up through right ?

[kpinnc 10,751]

22 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

$17.53

 

That is about right. The last set I bought were $18 each.

[kpinnc 10,751]

8 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

If I hammer that cotter pin head down flat, those black dust cover caps will slid over the top of the end of the axle where the spindle shaft comes up through right

 

Yep, they work great! Got them on the Bronco, and I should get a set for a couple others too.

 

 

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

On 1/19/2022 at 11:20 PM, Jeff-C175 said:

 

I took a look see at my LED head lamps and they are labeled AC/DC so they will work on either, but the flicker would still be a problem with the limited output of the stator on your engine, and the RPMs will change the FREQUENCY of the flicker.

 

 

MANY of the ones I see on Amazon are also AC/DC.

 

@Jeff-C175 are these the ones you have ?

@kpinnc look 6000K !

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

27 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

If you look real close in person you can just see the diodes inside, but the glass on these is sorta frosted.  Not obvious at all.

 

So yours ARE glass fronts, and not plastic ?

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

25 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

If I hammer that cotter pin head down flat, those black dust cover caps will slid over the top of the end of the axle where the spindle shaft comes up through right ?

 

Correct.

 

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

14 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

Yep, they work great

Did you get from @wheelhorseman ?

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

10 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

are these the ones you have ?

 

Looks like it.  These were already in the machine when I got it a few months ago.  But yeah, that is probably them.

 

Those ones you showed were higher Lumens though... but these are pretty bright too.  I imagine side by side 800 versus 2000 would be huge though.

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by Jeff-C175

[kpinnc 10,751]

6000K will look bluish. Mine are 4500K and look snow white.

 

I got my dust caps at the big show years back. But I will definitely get some from Lowell if he has them.

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

I

 

4 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

got my dust caps

 

... on Amazon

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TBRTR2Z/

 

They're a little more Orange than Red though.

 

Edited January 21, 2022 by Jeff-C175

[Jeff-C175 7,195]

5 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

6000K will look bluish

 

I don't really notice the bluish with these.  They look pretty white.  In the SNOW, yes, they do have a slight blue tint.

 

[kpinnc 10,751]

2 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

don't really notice the bluish with these.  They look pretty white.  In the SNOW, yes, they do have a slight blue tint.

 

I think the ratings are much like lumens. There is no standard, or the standard gets regularly ignored.

 

The actual range puts white in the 4500-5500 range. 

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

9 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

6000K will look bluish. Mine are 4500K and look snow white

I’ll get 4500 or 6000… I want bright white, but if they’re a little blue, it won’t make me blue.  

[Horse Newbie 6,867]

Alright then… show me some LED taillights that are the same size as the rear reflectors on the Work Horse.