Right light for a CMP??

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi
What is the right light for the back of my CMP and any one have a paire forsale?
thx
Eric

[Neil Ashley]

I think the first question anyone is going to ask you is the date of manufacture of your vehicle.

Lights come in the early war rubber pattern and the later war metal pattern.

Unless he has sold out Dirk has both types for sale.

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Originally Posted by Neil Ashley

I think the first question anyone is going to ask you is the date of manufacture of your vehicle.

Lights come in the early war rubber pattern and the later war metal pattern.

Unless he has sold out Dirk has both types for sale.

Hi,
I have both type of CMP need all the infot on the early and later pattern

[Tony Smith]

Cab 11 and 12 have a rubber bodied lamp, with a red lens for the rear and clear or opaque lens for the front. Blackout masking is by a steel disc with a small hole that fits under the rubber lip. These contain a single filament bulb, and there are two as Tail lights on either side and a 3rd one is fitted to the right side as a Brake light.

[Tony Smith]

The Cab 13 has a steel tube style lamp, and again these are fitted with single filament bulbs with one either side as Tail lights, and a 3rd for Brake. These feature a red lens on the rear and a white lens on the front. The same lamp is used with an extension tube for convoy illumination of the rear differential.

[serge]

Hello

I would to ask a question about CMP LIGHTS for a cab 13 FORD F60L. On the dash board we have a serial of switch witch are (from top to bottom) PANEL LIGHT, SIDE, SIDE AND TAIL, SIDE TAIL AND HEAD , STOP ISOLATION.
When SIDE switch and TAIL SWITCH are in ON position that means than the lights on front mudguard are lighted and also the lights on the rear of the truck (One on each side)
I would like to know how many lights where designed for STOP (One on each side ?)

Regards Serge

[Lionelgee]

Hello All and apologies to Eric,

Since there are already some photos of convoy lights on Eric's thread it might be easy to ask another question about the correct lights.

What are the correct convoy lights for a 1940 Army Modified Civilian Pattern Chevrolet with a Holden built cab?

This includes brake, tail and if fitted indicator lights? This would also include the light that shone on the rear differential too.

Where on the truck were these convoy and brake/stop/tail lights fitted on the MCP Chevy's in 1940?

Does anyone have some more photos they could post up? Thank you in advance for your help.

Finally what switches were used inside the cab to control the convoy lights; did they have their own circuit and switches and where were they located?

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello fellow MLU-ers,

I attached some photographs of the only lights that were still on the Chevy when I got it. The front shot shows the headlights and the clearance lights. The little lights on the mudguard (fender) are not turn signal lights.

The centre spot light at the front is most likely an aftermarket fitting as the wiring is not hooked up very neatly or held securely.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Bob McNeill]

The few modified commercials that have come thru my hands had the tail light blacked out by a switch on the dash.

[Pete Solomon]

Seeing this thread relates to lights/stop lights, convoy lights etc I thought I might seek some advice.

My C8AX still runs 6V but has tail lights and indicators fitted, along with the convoy light and side lights. Everything works fine for about 10 minutes and once the engine gets hot nothing seems to work except indicators. Headlights, tail lights and side lights all dont work and neither does the dash illumination light.

Turn everything off - let the thing stand for a couple of hours then come out, start her up every thing works again for another 10-15 minutes.

Any ideas?

I've checked all the connections, pulled out and cleaned all the bulbs, checked connections to the back of the instrument cluster etc so I defer you the wealth of knowledge of the forum.

Cheers

Pete

[motto]

Hi Pete. That certainly sounds to be an intriguing problem and I would guess that you have a thermal circuit breaker with too low a setting or the system is experiencing an overload and the breaker is doing what it ought to.

I think the way to proceed would be to get to work with a test light when the power is disrupted and find the point where it stops. I'm not familiar with CMPs but US military vehicles had the CB mounted on the main light switch. The fact that your trafficators still operate also makes sense because they are an add-on and obviously not getting power from the light switch but probably direct from the ammeter or ignition switch.

David

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Bob McNeill

The few modified commercials that have come thru my hands had the tail light blacked out by a switch on the dash.

G'day Bob,

thank you for the photos.

Kind Regards
Lionel