KRB,
Looks like they now come with a heated lens and the non heated version, that I got. The heated lens would help if driving in lots of snow. LEDs do not waste a bunch of the electricity making heat so they can get covered in snow.
The part # for the 5X7 for our '89-'93 trucks looks like 27450C. The price I see was about $280 per light, which is more that twice what I payed for them before Covid.

Lots of knock off styles out there too.
Truck lites where military spec'ed so I assumed they are rugged. The ones on Poncho have seen plenty of use with 0 problems over about 10 years

 

We recently put a set of Peak brand LEDs in our 1991 Ramcharger/Cummins. Bought off of Amazon. Don't have the usual bubble LED look. Work extremely well.

 

Hmmm, I must be on a different Truck-lites website as that part number doesn't show anything either. Is this the right place? https://www.truck-lite.com/catalogse...esult/?q=27450

 

Yea, the Peaks do look pretty close to original, which I want.

I don't think heated lamps would make much of a difference down here. Having to drive in the snow is rare. But I'm sure as soon as I spend money on upgrading headlights it will become a problem in KY...

 

I just punched in the # I gave you in to a search engine, KRB and options came right up. Most websites list them as out of stock.... I also had trouble using the Truck lite website.
I did notice a company called Eagle Lights had the same part # and they looked the same. They where $250 for the pair , which is more in line with what I paid years ago. Seem to get lots of good reviews too.

 

Ah, yep, that worked. I'm not real savvy around computers...

Saw those Eagles too.

Thanks,

 

Another option for lights is a company called Octane Lighting, they are glass lens and look oem. 100 bucks for the pair. I ran them for about 10 years in my crew with no issues and are plug and play besides having to clearance the light bucket a bit. Part ID 10197.

 

I run Hella housings and 100W/55W bulbs. Probably not as bright as LEDs but better than OE.

Summit Racing has them in stock.

 

Took a near 500 mile round trip to go help my buddy fix a few issues on his '93 club cab D250. He needed an electric window motor swap, and was having some O/D auto transmission issues along with some brake issues. I brought a few key parts along to make it go smoothly.

It was by far the longest drove I have ever taken in the RC. It drove great on the highway. The big, tall rear tires, the 3.54 gearing and the O/D transmission made for low RPMs and a reasonably quiet 70MPH. I worked out the MPG for the trip was 19, which with further pump tuning and a lighter throttle foot could be improved.
I finished up the custom 1/2 cab build enough to throw it on at 11PM the night before I left. It was nice to have some shade from the sun for the hot drive out. On the way back yesterday it was 50F in the morning and I was happy for the 1/2 cab for the wind protection and to help the warm air from the heater to stick around.

I was very impressed with how comfortable it was for a 5 HR cruise. Having a 2wd rig for cruising around is pretty cool.

 

I just moved the AFC housing back in the slotted screw holes [less fuel across the board and a delayed fueling curve] and am going to take it into town. I have the tools to re adjust the smoke screw to fix the 0 boost fueling that should be way under fueled as the position is effected by moving the AFC.

 

More fine tuning and tweaking....

I forgot that I had the rear tires at 50 PSI still from when I mounted them up two months ago. I like to run a higher pressure than needed on new tires, to make sure the tire bead seats well. I lowered them to 32 PSI yesterday.
I also upped the front tires from 60 PSI to 78 PSI.

Then the Cal Trac bars where backed off from a setting that was more set up for drag racing, where the bars contacted the leaf spring quickly. This aggressive setting also limited the upward travel of the suspension, making going over bumps harsher than it needed to be.
I loosened them up a little bit for more suspension travel. Until I get the rear axle locker installed, I do not see wheel hop being as much of an issue as I had expected with the 1/2 ton rear leaf springs.

The smoke screw was turned in another full turn, to help with 0 PSI boost fueling. This helped get the 0 PSI fueling back to where it was before I moved the AFC housing back towards the firewall last week.

The test drive was more enjoyable with the new tire pressurse and looser Cal Trac settings.

I have a little over 2200 miles on the build now.

 

Dang, 78psi on the fronts? What's the contact pattern look like? What type tire are you running up there, I don't recall.

 

I have some factory sized 235/85R16 rubbers on OEM 1st gen 16X6 rims up front.
They had a pretty decent sidewall bulge at 60 PSl. They still have a little at 78 PSI. Most of this rigs weight is over the front tires

I find the wider tires tend to be happier at lower pressures than the narrow pizza cutter tires.

 

Giving the RC a quick bath and getting ready to head out to the Street Rod Nationals in Essex VT.

 

I have some factory sized 235/85R16 rubbers on OEM 1st gen 16X6 rims up front.
They had a pretty decent sidewall bulge at 60 PSl. They still have a little at 78 PSI. Most of this rigs weight is over the front tires

I find the wider tires tend to be happier at lower pressures than the narrow pizza cutter tires.


I find that if I draw a couple of lines across the tread face with a piece of railroad chalk and drive about 2 miles I can see if I have too little or too much air in them.