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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Sometimes you don't know what you don't know.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 08:26 pm:

I got caught out after dark and driving home the lights seemed dim even for a model "T". when I got home and checked it out I found 1 light searching the trees while the other was looking for nails in the road. I looked up focusing the headlights in the service manual That's when I found the first problem do you see it?


then I found this

the one on the left was what was in my headlight buckets the one on the right is what's supposed to be in the bucket

now I can see much better! I have no idea what the sockets on the left fit but they aren't for an improved ford.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill Robinson Salty Bottom, AL on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 08:47 pm:

G.R.--- when your headlights are properly focused, according to the manual, the pattern of the driver's side light should look similar to the photo. Then, the passenger's side headlight should be focused to the right side of the center line.

Driver's side headlight

When both lights are focused the pattern should look similar to the next photo.

Finished!

P.S. My wife focused the headlamps on this car. She got tired of us guessing where the road was so she read the manual, focused them, and now I can see.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tom Moorehead on Monday, October 06, 2014 - 08:59 pm:

That a girl Susie Q!!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 06:05 pm:

Bill that's great! But nothing goes that easy for me. My main point was My head lights had no adjustment screw (see first picture) and the wrong bulb sockets (see picture #3) I got the correct (I think)sockets for my car the focus springs and focus screws (thanks Bob B.) but I cannot get the elongated pattern shown in the book or your pictures I get a bright "spot" and a not so bright "spot" and I have gone full travel of the focus screw in both directions. But my view of the road is much improved over the original configuration... nuttin is ever easy!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill Robinson Salty Bottom, AL on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 06:59 pm:

A big bright spot similar to the one on the following photo? This is how ours started out. We drove on a dark country road that had no painted lines, no streetlights present, and it took all 4 in the car to watch the edge of the road to keep from going in the ditch.

Now, after aiming according to the manual, the same dark road is clearly lit.

Not in focus


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 07:20 pm:

Well I guess I am just too inept I followed the directions in the service manual to a t and cant get anything but a circle.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Donald Vagasky,Tucson on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 07:46 pm:

Well now, you can at least identify what your about to hit (sic)......


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Carl Klem on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 08:13 pm:

As I see it, the headlamps are for others 2 see me. Illuminating the road is a secondary benefit. Thank you all for the great alignment tips :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 08:44 pm:

Hallelujah

Once you were blind but now you see!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dewey, N. California on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 09:02 pm:

Do you have reproduction reflectors? Especially chrome ones. Chrome is not a good light reflection surface! It's actually still illegal in most states.
Also, the bulb filament has to be in the correct alignment--Don't have notes handy, I'll let others chime in here and tell you how they go!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ex trooper on Tuesday, October 07, 2014 - 09:20 pm:

Elements oriented correct? Don't forget the cotter pin in the adjusting screw!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charlie haeckel on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 - 11:20 am:

Does the longer part of the bulb socket go towards the front or rear? Seems it would change the adjustment range quite a lot.


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