LED Headlights

 

UPS deliveries have been brought by a pickup lately, today he brought my new LED headlights for the motor home along with some servos for the Corsair.  It was a nice warm day so I started right in making the change.  This picture is after I got the right side done.  The camera made the left ones look better than they were as they were quite yellow compared to the bright white of the LEDs.

The job went pretty good except for one screw on the left side.  I ended up taking the whole headlight assembly out so I could get the Channel Locks on the screw head.  I used all stainless steel screws when I put it back together, I may have take the right side apart and do the same thing.  After I was done I checked the water level in the radiator and it was low but the coolant recovery tank level had not changed.  I did some checking and found a bad hose connection and a missing dip tube in the coolant recovery tank.  As I was looking for something to repair it with I came across a quarter inch aluminum pipe and hose I had made up for another job.  It turned out the pipe was a perfect length and the tubing the right size to hook to the radiator.  I am excited to take it for a drive and see if it works right.

After dinner and a short nap in front of the computer I went out to see how the lights looked in the dark.  Boy do they make a difference!  This is a picture of the moon and them.  They are on low beam, they have a very clean line so they are not shining into oncoming traffic, on high beam they light up the trees on the other side of the neighbors place.  After cleaning the shop stove and filling it with pellets I called it a night and came in to do this.  It was a great day, nice weather, Vera made a couple of delicious meals and I got several thing fixed.