tail lights

[homebase1]

Hello
Has anyone changed their tail light arrangement to fit the "newer"
style tail light assemblies?
How much trouble?
Was it worth the effort?
What disasters can I expect?
And if I was in a scrap yard, what years of vans would I be looking
for for Both the original style and the new style?

I'm looking for lenses for the original while I shop for the "up grade".

Thanks
Mike B...........' 77 Kingsley
NS

 

[richard guthart]

Mike,

I installed new tail lights which I purchased from Jim Bounds. Price seemed to
be very reasonable (can't remember how much).

Not much trouble at all to install. Just had to re-drill a couple of the
original screw holes. They were a little off for the new lenses.

It appeared that Jim had trimming the housings to fit before he shipped them to
me.

Richard
'77 Birchaven

- -----Original Message-----
From: Homebase
To: gmcmotorhome
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:59 AM
Subject: GMC: tail lights

Hello
Has anyone changed their tail light arrangement to fit the "newer"
style tail light assemblies?
How much trouble?
Was it worth the effort?
What disasters can I expect?
And if I was in a scrap yard, what years of vans would I be looking
for for Both the original style and the new style?

I'm looking for lenses for the original while I shop for the "up grade".

Thanks
Mike B...........' 77 Kingsley
NS

 

[herm beeck]

Do the new tail lights include more than just the lenses? How about
the back-up light function? Are the bulbs still used from the original
system? I am also contemplating going to the new style.
Herm

>
> Mike,
>
> I installed new tail lights which I purchased from Jim Bounds. Price
seemed to
> be very reasonable (can't remember how much).
>
> Not much trouble at all to install. Just had to re-drill a couple of
the
> original screw holes. They were a little off for the new lenses.
>
> It appeared that Jim had trimming the housings to fit before he
shipped them to
> me.
>
> Richard
> '77 Birchaven
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Homebase
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:59 AM
> Subject: GMC: tail lights
>
>
> Hello
> Has anyone changed their tail light arrangement to fit the "newer"
> style tail light assemblies?
> How much trouble?
> Was it worth the effort?
> What disasters can I expect?
> And if I was in a scrap yard, what years of vans would I be looking
> for for Both the original style and the new style?
>
> I'm looking for lenses for the original while I shop for the "up
grade".
>
> Thanks
> Mike B...........' 77 Kingsley
> NS
>
>
>

_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

 

[homebase1]

> Do the new tail lights include more than just the lenses? How about
> the back-up light function? Are the bulbs still used from the original
> system? I am also contemplating going to the new style.
> Herm
Herm

Back on this day: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 17:29:19 -0700
From: hermann beeck >>>

We were discussing items of a GMC nature. I see you're in this for
the long haul. Good stuff

Mike Beaton....

 

[richard guthart]

As I recall I had to remove the old lens and metal housing, then install the new
lens with its rubber seal. The original bulbs remain, and the new lens has a
clear area for the back-up bulbs to shine through.

The new part is a molded plastic lens/housing assembly. The housing part of it
apparently is too deep to fit the recesses in our coaches. There were trim marks
on it where Jim had cut it to fit.

Hope that helps.

Richard

- -----Original Message-----
From: herm beeck
To: gmcmotorhome
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: tail lights

>Do the new tail lights include more than just the lenses? How about
>the back-up light function? Are the bulbs still used from the original
>system? I am also contemplating going to the new style.
>Herm

 

[david l greenberg]

>Hello
>Has anyone changed their tail light arrangement to fit the "newer"
>style tail light assemblies?///YES///
>How much trouble? ///None- Alex Sirum did it!///
>Was it worth the effort?///Hard to say. Lights still work///
>What disasters can I expect?////Shouldn't be any////

>And if I was in a scrap yard, what years of vans would I be looking
>for for Both the original style and the new style?

The Peek Family advertises new sets in GMC MH Mag but that is all I know
about them.