Hot Rods 40 ford headlite seal beam won,t align ........

chrome trim hits headlite and chrome trim won,t seat against fender , adjuster are good ,do i have drill pop rivets and repostion , any one else have this trouble ?

 

The stock headlight doors (that's what they called the big chrome rings) aren't meant to fit the "modern" sealed beams with those three spikes sticking out. Those are for aiming with a fixture, but they weren't on the units in 1940. Carefully grind those nubs off and maybe things will fit right.

 

I second what alchemy says, you have to work at it for that good fit.

 

I recently swapped out my large late twenties buckets for smaller deitz style lights which take 7" sealed beams...

Albiet your buckets are built into the fender a problem I noted on mine was the one alignment nub on the back of the bulb was fouling on the Bucket notch...I had to widen it with a snip nip and a bit of filing and the bulb then seated correctly...was it the repro bucket that was out or the nub on the bulb...don't know...is there a chance that is holding the bulb out to far in your case?





...This pic shows the notches of which I reworked one to allow the bulb to seat with the top pic showing the rear bulb aligned with the 2 flatter areas being the pads that rest on the bucket...in my case the alignment nubs on the bulb front were not an issue...

How did I know which notch to rework? I chose the one which allowed the 2D1 to be best centralized in the bucket...
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What alchemy said. Drake used to sell some without the knubs but you can sand them down with sandpaper and water.

 

here is a pic of my '40 headlight,
Look inside the blue lines. I used a 3/8" wide belt sander slowly and no pressure on the sander. keep the glass cool. You don't have to completely remove the lug; just grind until the headlight door fits.

 

thank you for all replys ......... greatly appreciated

 

what they all said--carefully grind them down--have done many

 

Mmm. screw horizontally clocked. I like them vertical...so the water runs out.

 

I probably had them vertical, but vibration must have moved them.

 

Or take them to a glass shop, auto or household type, and they can sand and polish them off. Had mine done years ago for free!

Dave