Hi Walt & Loren and all the members following my adventure. Thanks Walt for suppling the name of that company "Poston Enterprises" I Googled the name and it seems that they went out of business around 08 to 09.
The weather warmed up today, so I spent the afternoon working on the reverse lights. The set was re-chromed by Paul's Chrome plating in Mars PA as was all the other pot metal. I gave a base coat of white on the inside surrounding the lightbulb area. Then I tried to work on the wiring, the rubber boot was very hard preventing the wire to slide with the small spring. I tried spraying it with WD-40, Aerokroil, white grease, but nothing worked.
Then I did something smart ! I went inside the house made a PB & J poured a hot cup of coffee and thought what would the wise old mechanic (my Father) do ? He would remove the problem and figure the rest out as he went... Or as we know, the KISS method.. So back out I went, I removed the wire,spring & ferrule and sliced off the back end of the boot. But the hole was still too small, so I used my Dremel tool with a rasp attachment and honed out the hole. Replaced all the parts and packed it with white grease and it worked like new. Tomorrow a second coat of white paint then solder and heat shrink the wires, bench test with bulbs and assemble on Friday with repro gaskets and lenses. I took some photos of the lights, cut and un-cut boots and end view of the boot after I honed it out.
One step closer to getting the rear bumper mounted.
Tony
