Does the gasket (cotton rope) for the 1926-27 rest inside the reflector or is it adhered on? I'm going to install it and a new reflector today and wanted some feedback. Thanks.

- Jim

Like this. Rubber cement ($1.68 + tax) in the groove will hold the rope in place but will allow you to peel it off if you need to.

As a teenager I discovered that you can smear rubber cement on a table, let it dry, and roll it into a wad which you install in a nostril so it looks like a giant booger hanging out. This grosses out everyone in your art class, and is wonderful fun.

Steve

Now that is gross!

and you wear your socks a bit too high too





Funny......makes me laugh outloud

I just used a dab of black RTV at 4 spots to hold the gasket in place while I installed the glass. It will stay put from then on while changing bulbs.

Depends on the RTV. Some releases acetic acid while curing and will tarnish the silver. I use the rubber cement myself.

On a side note, we used to smear Elmer's Glue on the palms of our hands which then dried clear. Grossed out the girls by peeling the "skin" off our palms.

These handy tips for classroom fun probably deserve a separate posting.

I went out for a drive a couple of weeks ago and as I was going down the street I heard a clanging sound on the pavement. I pulled over and jumped out to see what was going on and noticed a headlight rim on the street and of course, broken glass everywhere. I guess the rim was not turned in all the way and it worked itself off.

I ordered a new lens and when I got ready to install it I noticed the rope gasket was a little loose. I didn’t have any rubber cement so I went over to the pinon tree in the back yard and scraped a little sap off the tree. It worked well and gave my headlight a nice pinon smell.


Orlando

You reach an age when everything reminds you of something else. August 1949, traveling with Grandma and aunts Mary and Ernestine, we stopped the Studebaker for lunch under the trees beside old 66 east of Albuquerque. Ernestine bit into a potato chip after some piñon sap had dropped on it, and I can still see her reaction. When you're eight, stuff like that is very amusing. Funny the things you remember.

I wonder how many times a lens has been broken from this? It happened to me maybe two months ago when the rim came off a Whippet headlight drum on my racer. Lucky for me the glass didn't break, but I sure heard it (and the rim) hit the pavement - and then had to endure the Walk of Shame to retrieve it. It's really hard to keep myself from drilling a hole thru the rim and bucket and put in a screw to atleast prevent it from trying to rotate.

The best solution for adhesives will come from Hugh

Be_Zero_Be

P.S. Hugh ... that's your queue.

Hugh J. seems to have disappeared into the aether Bob. Probably stuck his backside to the throne accidently with some modified bitumen tar

Garnet

If it ain't a show car drill a small hole in the bottom of the rim through the bucket and install a sheet metal screw to keep the rim from falling off. No one will see it and it is cheap insurance. BTDT.

Paul

Steve,

By the way, you look better in your overalls than in short pants with knee socks!

Paul

Paul,

I vote for the overalls too!

Orlando

Yep, most people look better with their clothes on.

Steve,

I just glad you had some clothes on when you took the pictures!

Paul