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Old 10-07-15, 12:55
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Rick Cove
 
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The marker lights were badly rusted and needed replacing.

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The rusted right marker light.

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Left front.

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Rear lights

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I had looked around many swap meets over the years without any success. It looked like I was going to have to break out the lathe once again and machine up the rusted extension tubes. 38 years of collecting and a couple of moves meant that I had Lynx and other vehicle parts hidden all over the place. One day I was hunting for something and I came across a tin box I didn’t remember before. Opening it I found that there were 9 NOS marker lights inside. I couldn’t believe my luck. I have no recollection of ever purchasing them.

I pulled them apart and replaced the wiring. The springs were all OK and the white and red lenses were in excellent condition but the rubber gaskets were beyond repair. I punched out new gaskets out of thin neoprene after machining up some hole punches. It took quite a few goes to get the outside and inside punched out successfully as the gasket is only about 1/32" wide and thick. I then cleaned the contacts and fitted new globes all round. It was a bit hard to find single contact globes that fitted into the tubes so that the spring would seat the lens against the gasket to seal the unit.

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The new marker lights and new headlight drums after spraying them.

The painting stand came from a clothing shop and was very handy as it could be adjusted for height.

Rick.
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