Turn signal and hi beam color

Astrowing · Post by **Astrowing** » February 17, 2009, 10:34 pm

Do the 61-64's use a cardboard tube and colored jewel? My high beam appears to just be a bright uncolored light bulb shining through the instrument and the turn signals are half green/white. The bulbs appear to just be the same as the illumination bulbs. Thanks!

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 17, 2009, 10:45 pm

Yep.

Just the way you mention held together by cellophane tape.

Garbz

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » February 17, 2009, 10:50 pm

one of mine has the crescent moon appearance.
on the round style instruments it is just colored cello tape. the later 67 up ones are colored thin plastic discs.

64F100StepSide · Post by **64F100StepSide** » February 17, 2009, 11:21 pm

According to my operator's manual (64), the high beam indicator is red. Mine is white...oh well. I, too, have the half moon look on the turn indicators.

Craig

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » February 18, 2009, 2:05 am

well, The cluster in Aggie apparently lost those eons ago. They were just holes when I got her. I put a couple layers of a milk jug in the holes to dim them down a bit.

I have like 4 other clusters though, and cant recaall seeing anything special in any of them either. Maybe I didnt look close enough...

Bodyworx! · Post by **Bodyworx!** » February 18, 2009, 6:59 am

My 64 has Green turn indicators and a Red high beam light. Hmmm. The green turn indicators are like magnifying glasses. If they hit your eye the right way you're gonna wreck !

Ford4jack · Post by **Ford4jack** » February 18, 2009, 8:53 am

I shrank down a lime juice bottle in boiling water to thicken the plastic and cut my green lenses from it.

Our 66 has the swept speedo panel and I used both greens for right & left turn indicators and used the red amp light for high beam.

No forgetting high beam is on that way but whoever gets our truck in the future is going to have a mystery over that one.

64F100StepSide · Post by **64F100StepSide** » February 18, 2009, 1:02 pm

A little irony here in Texas with respect to the high beam indicator. Annual safety inspection does not require high beams, but you you have high beams and the indicator does not come on, you fail.....

Craig

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » February 18, 2009, 7:50 pm

I replaced mine with different colored LED's.
Red for left turn, Green for right turn, and blue for high beam.

I really don't know why because I'm color blind, but it seemed like the thing to do.
Did I mention I found my gated toggle switches?

Life is semi-good.
Uncle Skip

64F100StepSide · Post by **64F100StepSide** » February 18, 2009, 8:24 pm

I thought your left one was tea-sip orange?

Craig

unibody madness · Post by **unibody madness** » February 18, 2009, 9:18 pm

mine have green turn signal and red high beam discs cellophane taped in,a broken piece of tail light lens works fpr high beam but that is a great tip for green lenses

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grm61 · Post by **grm61** » February 18, 2009, 11:46 pm

My turns were ok, the high beam was a blinding white light.
I found a red see through pen, used a cutoff wheel to nipp the closed end off of it, drilled out the hole a little in the dash.....then droped my cool little piece of plastic on the floor and lost it

so I went back in the house and found a blue one, did the same thing, and jammed it in the hole with a piece of tape to hold it in....so thats what is in it now.at least I'm not blinded

Greg