head light whole

[ebooth]

I am going to try this again. Posting questions on here is kind of new to me. I have a 1948 Ford 8N the dog legs for this tractor have been reworked with new metal where the head light holes used to be. Could someone give me a measurement to where the main whole should be for the head light?
Thanks
ebooth

 

[duey]

Well, if I had to guess by looking at my Ford Parts Book... I'd guess about 4 inches down the "dogleg" and about 2/3 of the way forward...

If your doglegs are all patched up, there isn't much "original" left anyway. Where you bolt 'em on doesn't matter much... you can put 'em wherever you want...

duey

 

[jon]

(quoted from post at 01:09:54 01/07/09) I am going to try this again. Posting questions on here is kind of new to me.

You got a couple of responces to your question here.
Most of us with headlights installed can't give you an [i:b7502332f4]exact[/i:b7502332f4] measurement but if you just want a ballpark figure I'll go measure mine.

 

[Walston]

Mine is dissembled so I measured them. The center of the holes are 2 3/16" down from the seam. The first hole center is 4 3/8" back from the front and the second is 6 1/8 back from the front.

 

[Walston]

Here is a picture of mine installed before I disassembled it

 

[Walston]

another pic, I don't know how "standard" the location was. If my memory is correct, most lights were installed by the dealers, so the exact location may have varied some.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Have precise measurements off original doglegs for headlight holes. Center of 1/2" hole is 2 1/8 down from top edge. 4 5/8 from front edge. A 1/2 hole for a "wing" is exactly 1 3/4 center to center back from the headlight hole.

 

[ebooth]

Thanks to all that responded! Now I have some sound information to go by.
ebooth