Back up lights?

[cbvet]

I use my Deuce at night a lot, sometimes in thick woods or tight places. I really need to install some good back up lights.
Has anyone come up with a nice setup that looks like it "belongs" on a Deuce?
Any suggestions appreciated.
CBVET

 

[acetomatoco]

Just add a pair of Armor headlights under the body in the rear and a manual switch like a convoy light switch to activate... put a 2 to 1 connector into the headlight switch harness then they will not activate unless headlights are on.. RAM

 

[clinto]

I am about to do this and have it all planned out. When I do it, I wlll post pics, etc. Soon, give me a month or so.

 

[cranetruck]

This is my backup light, activated by the shift lever in reverse.

 

[Pinkie]

got pics of the shift lever switch?

 

[JDToumanian]

My backup lighting is 'Soldier B' with a flashlight!

 

[cranetruck]

Don't have any pictures of the actual installation, but the shaft circled in the image below hits a limit switch when the transmission is placed in reverse.
There is also a back-up alarm and a kill switch for the circuit.
I have meant to get some pictures, but it's under the "tunnel cover" and not easily accessible.

 

[gringeltaube]

Manual switching is ok but don't forget to turn it off before you hit the road again...!!!

If you have the airshift t-case the linkage between tranny and t-c is obsolete. So I cut off 2 inches of the 1st-reverse shift shaft, fabbed a cup with a lateral mounted switch and press fitted it (using Loctite 51 into the seal housing, thus eliminating the seal and also one of all possible leaking areas.
Almost any common switch with a spring loaded ball tip will do and it will look and work like it "belongs" there!

Gerhard

 

[citizensoldier]

Nice work Crantruck. Your a smart dude... Looked at your pictures above. You need some new tires on that truck!! 1100/20 Michelins would sure be cool on that fancy truck of yours...

 

[TheBuggyman]

My backup lighting is 'Soldier B' with a flashlight!

That's funny right there!

 

[cranetruck]

Citizen, the picture is a year old, got new 1100-10 NDCC's now. Even got new tires for the M105 trailer with the right wheels from a cable reel trailer in Oklahoma. That was some trip, let me tell you.

 

[5tonpuller]

I use the boom lites if i need lite when in the back em up mode.
With the 5 tons you can also hook a pressure switch on the air line for the transfer case

 

[rmgill]

I have a flood mounted just like Bjorn, but my light is manually switched. The advantage is that when I'm towing at trailer at night I can check the trailer.

I just picked up a spare old style tail light that I think I'm going to mount on the bows so It faces the inside of the cargo cover for a spare light.

 

[citizensoldier]

rmgill. I think I would take cranetrucks idea and combine it with yours and have a great set up. Some type of manual overide so you can click them on while your working back there and like you said to check on a trailer.
cranetruck that makes better sence now. With that nice fancy truck you sure would need some good rubber under it. Did you mean you put M135 rims on your M105 too? Cool man real cool.....Thanks for sharing your ideas..

 

[OPCOM]

I like where cranetruck's backup light is, I think that would be on the under-bed strut?

I used a battery and tried 2 kinds of powerful lights cheaply available from auto parts stores. They are chrome but either could be painted OD to remove the bling effect. Picked up a pair of clear rectangular "fog lights", and found that they make a thin bar or strip of light. I turned the bulbs 90 degrees inside the reflector (had to modify the bulb flange) and it thickened up the bar quite a bit but was still far from a floodlight. I did not like them very much. I then bought a pair of "baja lights" which are some long-throw high beams. They are about 8" diameter and 100 watts each. A note on such cheapies: The negative terminal of the lamp itself is often grounded unavoidably so putting them in series for 24V could be a problem (bit I have 12V available so no real issue). I'd like to use the baja ligths and defocus them a bit. I believe this can be done by painting the reflectors white with some high temperature exhaust manifold paint or primer.

 

[cranetruck]

Here is the M105 trailer with new tires and wheels to match the deuce.
It's illuminated by one of the flood lights. The second light is also turned on and shines on the deck from behind the boom. They do make excellent work lights.

 

[rmgill]

Here's my setup in this thread. For a regular deuce, there's a bracket with a hole already drilled that's perfect for a flood.

 

[TheBuggyman]

Here's my setup in this thread. For a regular deuce, there's a bracket with a hole already drilled that's perfect for a flood.

Looks good, Ryan. I need some reverse lights and I'll probably put them right where you did! I was thinking of going manual with them also unless someone has an easy to install kit for a five ton.

 

[rmgill]

The trick with the switch is mounting it up. A manual switch is easier, but eventually, i'll wire up things just like Bjorn did and run the power for that reverse lever switch off of the lighting controls. That way it only comes on when the lights are on. Not a high priority right now though.