Hood mounted BO mods

[gargemel_622]

Anyone know what if a spotlight can be mounted in the hood BO light housing?
Looks like the AM720 may have had one. I can't tell for sure, the photo is a little fuzzy.
http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/jeeppickups/AM720.jpg

Thanks

[k8icu]

That's a standard black out light. I have seen people modify the light to be a spot light. The light just bolts into the bracket with a single bolt so you could mount a spot light in the same hole like a big old KC off road light maybe.


(it's late if I'm not making sense I appologize)

[randyscycle]

You can do a few different things with the blackout light on the hood. I converted mine to a 12V regular bulb, but retained the original housing.

I've seen them with clear lenses too, that can fit right in the original ring. There is a GE sealed beam part that will fit, but I don't know the number offhand. A lot of small tractors used them for headlights.

You can also do as Joe suggested and put a KC or like model light on it.

And fire departments sometimes put a red light there too.

[brute4c]

There are 2 methods detailed here:

http://www.m715zone.com/vb/view.php?...dlight_convert

[randyscycle]

And a third here:

Another 12v blackout hood light conversion

[gargemel_622]

Thanks very much guys.

[Jester]

I plan on using a flood lamp instead of the b/o lamp. A PAR36 worklamp is about the same size.

[fisherman]

I used a current military issue BO light from trucklite. It wasn't too expensive and looks military with a nice green led light.

[Binford]

I want to make my cargo canvas roll up like that. I've got all the clips to do it. Just need to get someone with a heavy-duty sewing machine (Al?) to help me sew them on.

[Kaiserjeeps]

Bring it on down Tim. The machine is a little dusty and could use a run or two.