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Came home from a short day at work to see what looked like radioactive monster blood on the driveway under my truck.. Coolant leak :( It was dripping off of the rear of the oil pan.. I traced it back up to the topmost little hose that goes into the aftercooler. Very slow leak. At least it's...

Man... That's terrible, but at the same time it's pretty cool looking. Hopefully someone chimes in with a solution!

Sweet 8)

lol.. I'm North of Chicago, about 30 minutes from the border with Wisconsin. The weather can be even more terrible here rofl Yeah I'm probably going to buy them in the next few days. Hopefully I can sell the Hella glass assemblies and H4 bulbs to make back some of the money I spent on that stuff.

Took my truck for a drive the other day! First time I've actually driven it anywhere since I bought it in July :) It had been about a month since I moved it.. Brakes were locked up :( But I took care of that quick, and went for a 10 minute drive around the neighborhood. Made me so happy after a...

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Yeah I knew it was definitely wrong. That was what was listed for the Wagner sealed beam incandescent bulbs that I was looking at (same as I had on my truck before I removed them.) Obviously the seller put the wrong amount on there, or he used the wrong unit of measurement.

Yeah.. I eventually found that on some random site. But it doesn't make any sense to me.. Using that, 11,000mscp = 138,270 lumens for the low beams. That is definitely not right... Nowhere close. As a point of comparison, the sealed beam LED headlights that I was looking at put out 600 lumens...

Seems like they wouldn't be too difficult for a custom wheel maker to build. Or am I wrong about that? :P

True enough. But there have been several times lately where an old thread was resurrected for whatever reason, usually by a new member. So I wasn't sure if he saw the date or not. My bad.

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You know you are responding to a thread from a year and 9 months ago, right? :P (though there was a post on it last month)

After doing a lot of searching I was able to dig up some info. The stock incandescent sealed beams lights are 60w for low beam, 80w for high beam. Current draw is 2.14A for the low beams, and 2.86A for the high beams. The light rating for low beam is 11,000mscp (mean spherical candle power,) and...

That makes sense. I didn't recall seeing it anywhere, but I figured I would ask.

Yeah.. I had thought about that. That's the exact reason why all of the LED stoplights here have heaters built in. They figured out pretty quick that the LED lights didn't put out enough heat to melt the snow. I saw those headlights that you linked to when I was searching on eBay. I mean...

Is there a spot in the TM's, or elsewhere that states the lumen output of the high and low beams for the factory headlights? It would be good to have as a point of comparison... The sealed beam LED headlights that I'm looking at are 600 lumens for the low beam, 1085 for the high beam.

I will consider picking up one of those Grote lights to test out. Price is pretty high.. They're even more than comparable Truck Lites :shock: However, I like the fact that they have clear lenses, unlike the Truck Lites which all appear to be "smoked." That was one of my goals, to improve light...

Looks good :) I think I will use that method to mount the 24v military surplus dome light that I just bought. I have a hardtop too.

I have nothing to add, except that you're lucky that you don't live in Illinois.. It is one of the most difficult states to get a CDL, and they keep making the test(s) harder and harder. That's why I didn't go for it. As far as getting the CDL is concerned, I agree with Artisans comment.. The...

Than you for the pics :) My goal is to keep it stock looking though, which is why I went with the Hella glass. I ended up throwing in some 90/100w bulbs instead of the 70/75w bulbs. They seem a bit brighter, but I will have to test them out more thoroughly.