Spot light gaskets

[Snakeoil]

I struck out at both the JD and TSC shops. JD guy did not have a clue.

So, I came home and searched the web under vintage tractor parts and found them. Here is a link to a site that sells them.

http://www.antiquetractorsrus.com/jo...htsparts1.html

They also sell reflectors, bulbs and clear lenses. If you go thru the pages, you will find a modern replacement for the original gasket which has a staple. The modern gasket is 1 piece. My '47 lights had one piece gaskets in them so they would be correct for 47 and later. Maybe even earlier.

regards,
Rob

[Snakeoil]

I should have taken pictures of what I made for those folks who need to make unique size gaskets for lighting like this. But, McMaster-Carr sell closed cell, black foam in various thicknesses and densities. I bought 1/8" x 12" x 36" sheet. From this I made my gaskets and they work great. Card stock is not very good at cushioning or sealing glass. The pressure required to properly seal with card stock could very well break the glass. Foam is the right stuff to use and is what the OEM gaskets are made from, only molded to shape.

I can look up what I ordered from M-C if somebody wants to order some. It's great stuff to have around for lots of different gasketing, mounting and sealing needs.

regards,
Rob

[pisten-bully]

I've got S&M spots and I cut gaskets from card stock, but they rattle slightly and I'm deathly afraid of shaking out a lens and having it bust....so these are good ideas....thanks for the topic Snakeoil!

[Snakeoil]

JD right around the corner and TSC not much further. I embarrassed that it never occurred to me.

Thanks,
Rob

[Rubone]

All the tractor restoration joints list them. Common aftermarket part. Guide lights were used on tons of stuff. The lenses are wrong and the housings have stems rather than adjustable bases, but the bezels (painted) and the lens gaskets are common to H-D types. Some lenses will interchange, but some have red pilot lights incorporated in them.

[Chris Haynes]

Gosh Folks,

I always got them from the John Deere dealer.

....Cotten

Do you have a part number?

[T. Cotten]

It is hard to find a John Deere dealer in Los Angeles. :-)

Allis Chalmers? Farmall? Case? Oliver? ....Ford?

Nevermind.

.....Cotten

[Chris Haynes]

Gosh Folks,

I always got them from the John Deere dealer.

....Cotten

It is hard to find a John Deere dealer in Los Angeles. :-)

[T. Cotten]

Gosh Folks,

I always got them from the John Deere dealer.

....Cotten

[upsrod]

Bill's in Pa. sells them but they are a denser rubber then the originals!

[billpedalino]

Rob,
I don't remember, but they look fine installed. I'll look when I get home tonight and let you know...

[Snakeoil]

Bill, are they the correct t-shaped cross section?

Thanks,
Rob

[billpedalino]

I just bought a bag of 10 from V-Twin and they worked fine on the OEM spotlights on my '47 FL

[Snakeoil]

I get mine from Custom Chrome.
Carl

No sign of them in their on-line catalog. V-twin has them and Drag specialities said they have them. Theirs are the V-twin products and you have to buy a bag of 10. So, made my own from 1/8" medium density black closed cell foam. Should be fine. Had to make one for the headlight, too.

Do you sell them, Carl? The pic on the V-twin site made them look like junk. But the photo could be incorrect. Original has a T-shaped cross section. I now realize that the flat gasket I found in one of the spotlights must've bebe something the PO had added.

Regards,
Rob

[Carl Olsen]

I get mine from Custom Chrome.
Carl