LB1914 Corroded Headlights

[DeanKC]

Parts for my tractor are starting to be in short supply. When I discovered that the headlights assembly needed replacement, I could find only one, so I fabricated an assembly to house a pair of LED lights. Initially, I wired the new lights through an addon switch with an inline fuse. Checking every wire in the harness I found that factory switch's two ON settings resulted in only 9 to 11 volts at the headlight end of the harness so I could not use that switch. One wire in the harness has 12.7 VDC at all times. Not being an EE, I fail to understand why the voltage is stepped down. Last night when turning off the replacement switch, it felt warm. Since this is a switch that I simply found in my workshop, it may need to be replaced.

 

[DeanKC]

This is the replacement headlights

 

[Oaktree]

Did you just mount these lights to a plate, or did you build some sort of housing? Have been thinking of doing something similar on my LK for a while now.

 

[DeanKC]

Yes, I mounted the lights to a board which I painted flat black. This pair of LED lights cost $18 and the output is at least equal to the original.

 

[Oaktree]

Thanks for the inspiration, just finished upgrading the lights on my LK3054 (well, for further inspiration the lens broke this past winter on one of them). I took the old lights, and modified them to mount a HF LED flood. Way brighter than those old halogens!
Thinking of replacing the ones on the loader arms with LED spots.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Those look quite good!