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Headlamp Assembly #783740 09/26/2011 5:11 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California H healingbear 'Bolter
healingbear 'Bolter H Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California	Having trouble reassembling my headlamps on my 54 1/2 ton PU... The shop manual pages 12-38/39 are not much help and the Truck Assembly Manual sec.12 sheet 1.04 is not detailed enough... Does any one have some good pics on how these go together ? Mine were taken apart 20 years ago... Here are the Parts that I have, I have the headlights too... According to the Shpo Manual Pic looks like I am missing one Headlamp Adjusting Screw and one spring ( " E " ) in the pic... I do not ever remember having two springs nor can find them... I looked at my lamp housing and it does not look like there is a place for another spring... According to CPA there are no Headlamp Adjusting Nuts for truck years 1947-1957 so I am having trouble understanding how they fit in... Pics would be great... Thanks in advance... 1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974

Re: Headlamp Assembly healingbear #783758 09/26/2011 6:26 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 445 aliquippa.pa D dan-pa Shop Shark
dan-pa Shop Shark D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 445 aliquippa.pa	cars are the same those years dan-pa

Re: Headlamp Assembly dan-pa #783793 09/26/2011 2:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Nevada D DADS50 Shop Shark
DADS50 Shop Shark D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Nevada	...spring... Its hard to tell from your photobucket pics but it looks like your spring is missing some coils. I picked up a spare headlamp housing by placing an add in the parts wanted section of the forum. DADS50 YouTube 1950 chevy 3100

Re: Headlamp Assembly DADS50 #783856 09/26/2011 7:31 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California H healingbear 'Bolter
healingbear 'Bolter H Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California	Thanks Denny & DADS50 for your pics... I am missing the flat nuts for the Headlamp Adjusting Nuts... That what through me off... This is what Classic Parts said about not having Headlamp Adjusting Nuts for 1947-1957 see their Detailed Description ... DADS50 my coil spring is intact with no missing coils... Pic was taken straight on so it is a little hard to see... 1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974

Re: Headlamp Assembly healingbear #783916 09/26/2011 11:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Nevada D DADS50 Shop Shark
DADS50 Shop Shark D Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Nevada	American Classics sells the adjustment nuts ...link... part number HLSBA41-4 DADS50 YouTube 1950 chevy 3100

Re: Headlamp Assembly squeeze #784437 09/28/2011 4:06 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Austin, TX D DavidF Shop Shark
DavidF Shop Shark D Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Austin, TX	American Classic has the headlight adjustment screw and nut comments totally wrong. On my '52 Chevy 3100, each headlight has two screws AND two nuts. The nuts would be easy to replicate with aluminum stock of equal thickness, cut to shape, drilled and tapped. Aluminum just for ease of fabrication. 1952 Chevrolet 3100 In the Stovebolt Gallery More pics on Photobucket

Re: Headlamp Assembly DavidF #784448 09/28/2011 4:50 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Vancouver Island S squeeze Cruising in the Passing Lane
squeeze Cruising in the Passing Lane S Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Vancouver Island	David - American Classic sells the correct parts, it's Classic Parts that has the wrong info and there's a good reason plastic was used, aluminum nuts with steel screws and steel stanchions would be a recipe for future corrosion problems healingbear - your single spring is correct and your buckets are as they should be, just need those adjuster nuts Bill Moved over to the Passing Lane "When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot

Re: Headlamp Assembly squeeze #784494 09/28/2011 8:14 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California H healingbear 'Bolter
healingbear 'Bolter H Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 Northern California	Thanks Bill...I figured that out and I have a local member sending me the missing parts ... It is unusual for the 1954 Chevrolet Truck Shop Manual to be incorrect in listing Two Springs ( E ) Sec. 12 Page 38 Fig. 56 in their description... 1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974

Re: Headlamp Assembly healingbear #785045 09/30/2011 8:01 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Austin, TX D DavidF Shop Shark
DavidF Shop Shark D Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Austin, TX	Bill: Well, I must disagree on two points: 1. The original nuts on my 52 are not plastic and not ferrous metal. 2. Aluminum with steel fasteners is a common occurrence on modern vehicles without problems associated with dissimilar metals. I do agree that I stated the incorrect supplier had the information wrong in the catalog. 1952 Chevrolet 3100 In the Stovebolt Gallery More pics on Photobucket

Re: Headlamp Assembly DavidF #785177 10/01/2011 3:42 AM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 Sandwich, IL D Denny Graham 'Bolter
Denny Graham 'Bolter D Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 Sandwich, IL	The original nuts were die cast (zinc alloy), here is a picture of the in an original headlight assembly. You can clearly see the parting line for the mold: http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/137400010/original Here’s a drawing of the original nuts which you can make from aluminum: http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/138413149 And here they are with all that nasty red paint removed: http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/138464596 DG Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/01/2011 3:47 AM. Denny G Sandwich, IL

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