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The cardboard tubes that the light goes through are in really good shape but the green lens on the end have cracks and holes, I guess from the heat over the years. Looks to me like I could take a piece of green celophane thats close to the original thickness and just replace the lens. Has anyone ever done this and what did you use for the new lens??

Either that or see if there is a stained glass shop around and either have them make one or just get a scrap of the green and make your own.

as a TF junkie and stained glass glazier I can point out glass would be too thick to fit on top the cardboard tube and it's pretty unlikely you'd get a piece cut a precise enough circle to glue inside the tube .... there is/was a thin plastic material in a variety of colors that use to be available, I think for sign makers, can't recall the name .... but I've found 'nothing' works fine, a white light there is as functional as green

Bill

Bill, don't you use a glass grinder to ease the edges of your cuts? When I was working with it we often took off up to 1/8" when the cuts were off. I was thinking along the lines of just cutting something close but over sized and then just easing it down to the right size. Heck I'd do it on a belt sander,I've used one to clean up cuts on 1/4 glass and single pane as well. I'm pretty sure one could easily get it close enough to glue in place, that or less desirable would be cut the tube a bit to accommodate the thickness of the glass. A good camera shop may have gels that you could cut with scissors...

yes a grinder or silicon carbide paper is useful to smooth or shape, but those lens pieces are only about 1/2-3/4" dia, even holding with pliers getting a good fit would take more than 1 try, more bother than it's worth .... yes, a camera shop might be the thing for a gel sheet, or someone that deals with colored light projection, like theater folks

Bill

Thanks guys. The glass is way out of my skill set. I'm going to a camera shop and see what I can find. I'll let you know what I come up with

I bought a sample gel card on ebay with all colors and cut them to fit for my 56 GMC Turn Sig lenses and gauge lighting (Grn).

doesn't classic parts of america or lmc truck have those?

geez materman states the obvious solution = GCLL5H, only $5 a pair

Bill

For $5 a pair, that is probably the best solution but I ran into a fellow I used to work with who's hobby is photography. He fixed me up with some scrap pieces of a gel card that I cut out to fit my cardboard tubes. I think this will work fine, but had I ran across the new ones for 5 bucks I most likely would have just ordered them. Thanks everyone.