What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Was it LED or incandescent [incl. Halogen] ?

Old skool sealed beam incandescents

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

Old skool sealed beam incandescents

Less than $10 buck fix. R&R headlamp.
Bulb manufacturers will tell you to replace the pair. Sure. They sell twice the bulbs that way. You could keep the used/good one for a spare.
How old was the failed one?
Here in AZ corrosion is at a minimum, but Packrats might gnaw your wires out overnight.
I left my Jimmy alone for about 3 nights. Rats chewed thru the #5 sparkplug wire. They were expensive blue silicone 8mm Taylor HEI wires. I found an old used yellow Accel wire and stuck it on. Works fine.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Less than $10 buck fix. R&R headlamp.
Bulb manufacturers will tell you to replace the pair. Sure. They sell twice the bulbs that way. You could keep the used/good one for a spare.
How old was the failed one?
Here in AZ corrosion is at a minimum, but Packrats might gnaw your wires out overnight.
I left my Jimmy alone for about 3 nights. Rats chewed thru the #5 sparkplug wire. They were expensive blue silicone 8mm Taylor HEI wires. I found an old used yellow Accel wire and stuck it on. Works fine.

It's old enough I could have probably soldered the lug back on, but I already have the relay kit, so I bought two halogens to use with that.
Slapped some satin black on the headlight bezels while I'm at it

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

It's old enough I could have probably soldered the lug back on, but I already have the relay kit, so I bought two halogens to use with that.
Slapped some satin black on the headlight bezels while I'm at it

Great excuse for an upgrade.
Not as versed in the 69/70 look. I'll need a pic.
I guess you could still solder the lug back on for a backup.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Great excuse for an upgrade.
Not as versed in the 69/70 look. I'll need a pic.
I guess you could still solder the lug back on for a backup.

One of the reasons my kids called this thing the "Indiana Jones ride" was because of the dim yellow headlights ;-)

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

...Not as versed in the 69/70 look. I'll need a pic...

Quick scrape and spray with some Rustoleum off the shelf in the garage. There was black on the surrounding parts of the grill once upon a time as well

Relay kit was pretty simple, but the diagram left off a ground connection and it seems like the boss's nephew got the job of translating the worded instructions, so a little more challenging than necessary

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

Quick scrape and spray with some Rustoleum off the shelf in the garage. There was black on the surrounding parts of the grill once upon a time as well

Relay kit was pretty simple, but the diagram left off a ground connection and it seems like the boss's nephew got the job of translating the worded instructions, so a little more challenging than necessary

That is a cool look.
On the 71/72 GMCs, the center I is supposed to be black, I think, but it was natural chrome when I bought it in 1995. Never wanted to mess with it.

Re the Bosses' nephew -- If they sent him to the U of Az, he probably learned how to mix a Martini right, ESL not so much.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

That is a cool look.
On the 71/72 GMCs, the center I is supposed to be black, I think, but it was natural chrome when I bought it in 1995. Never wanted to mess with it.

Re the Bosses' nephew -- If they sent him to the U of Az, he probably learned how to mix a Martini right, ESL not so much.

Mighta been a frat boy at USC and went to Palm Springs every Friday instead of class