lollipop turn signal lights

[maddawg308]

Are the "european" lollipop turn signal lights, that get mounted on the standard deuce turn signals, are they supposed to light FORWARD or BACKWARD. I have seen most mount them with the lens facing forward, but to me it doesn't make sense. There is already a turn signal lens facing forward, to me it would make more sense facing backward, so if some poor fool is in a small car in the deuce's blind spot, he/she can see that the deuce is about to change lanes. If the lens were facing forward, they wouldn't see it.

Help!

 

[FMJ]

My M109's have the lenses on front and back, amber faces front, red to the rear. Medlog confirmed these trucks came from a unit in Germany.

Ed

 

[hndrsonj]

They face the back so cars beside you can see when you are coming over.

 

[bulldog_mack13]

DUeces go in the left lane?lol I have wanted a pair for a long time.

 

[hndrsonj]

Saturn Surplus has them cheap.

 

[maddawg308]

So...I see a pic with two deuces and the amber facing forward, and two Steel Soldiers who say they should face backward.

Is David Doyle in the house? Still confused, need to know the regulation way these should be mounted...

 

[FMJ]

3 actually.....and they are visible to the rear, just in red.....

 

[m16ty]

So...I see a pic with two deuces and the amber facing forward, and two Steel Soldiers who say they should face backward.

Is David Doyle in the house? Still confused, need to know the regulation way these should be mounted...

I think what they are saying is if the light shines out both sides through a red/amber combo the red should go to the rear, amber to the front. If the light is only one sided then it should face tward the rear.

 

[hndrsonj]

Just think about next to a M35 in a Yugo. You are in the blind spot. Flasher is going and you are getting the heck out of the way!!! Not too hard to figue out.

 

[Desert Deuce]

Those are the NATO Lighting Kit. They also include a side marker as can be seen on my M275A2. They are required for vehicles driven in Germany, and possibly more countries as well.

I added the kit to my truck. The markers are connected to the rear taillights. The lolipops are rear facing turn signals.

 

[Offroadfabworks]

Not to Hijack the thread but Desert Deuce got anymore pics of your truck?

 

[Desert Deuce]

No problem. These shots were on a 800 mile round trip to Barstow to recover the M128A2C trailer. The photo showing the gauges shows speedo at about 53 mph which is 60 with 11x20's on the truck. I was turning about 2300 rpm at that point. On the way back, I ran at about 1100 degrees climbing hills on interstate 40. I saw about 18 pounds of boost most of the time with peaks around 25 pounds. The FDC has been removed to allow true full throtle. The truck is a rocket ship, I never dropped out of 4th gear pulling 15,000 lbs up long steep grades going east on the 40. I ran this hard for 8 hours, no problems.

All fuel managment was based on the 2 gauges. There are ways to get performance without turning up the fuel. It does blow some serious black smoke when working hard though. It has a "C" Turbo with a conti LDT465-1C.

The pics in the GL yard at Bastow are the M275A2 next to one of my M35A2's that were there at the time. Just finished slave cable starting it. It has Air-O-Matic.

Sorry about the Hyjack Mike.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

All deuces / m-series vehicles I have seen here in Germany had the lolli-pop lights facing backwards (makes perfect sense). Also all those vehicles had additional rectangular turnsignals facing sideways, like the M275A2 above (nice truck btw - what kind of lockouts are these on the front hubs? ).

Mark

 

[bunkerratte]

backward, backward, backward,...

...but many deuce-owners here in Germany turn the lollipops around, facing forward.
Why?
I don't know.

Frank

 

[maddawg308]

Sorry about the Hyjack Mike.

Not at all, you have a great looking truck! Nothing to apologize about!

Thanks for all the help guys, just wanted to straighten it all out. The lights I have are amber one side, unlit OD green the other, and I was getting conflicting information from some folks about how they should face, and this answered my question. You guys ROCK!

 

[Desert Deuce]

Mark, the locking hubs are Ouverson's.