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tail light bulb #
« on: November 03, 2016, 11:56:47 AM »
My HJ's came with 12V bulbs in them, the 51 has one pin removed. What bulb is the correct replacement? I have a HJ book but it lists the K/F number not a bulb number.
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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2016, 03:13:06 PM »
1154's are dual element 6 volt

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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2016, 05:16:34 PM »
According the KF Henry J Factory Service Standards booklet, the tail lights are indeed 1154.
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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2016, 06:48:32 PM »
same for turn signal lights

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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2016, 06:52:12 PM »
this assumes that you have the original bulb sockets with the slots for the pins being the same distance from the end of socket rather than staggered

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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2016, 07:35:03 PM »
The 1158 bulb has evenly spaced pins, the 1154 bulb has staggered pins.

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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2016, 07:57:44 AM »
Thanks, I have some 1154's but did not want to grind one pin off. I ordered some 1158's.
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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2016, 05:18:07 PM »
my error
thanks for the correction

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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2016, 09:03:48 AM »
Jake, I ordered them from a local NAPA Canada store.
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Re: tail light bulb #
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2016, 09:13:14 AM »
E bay is full of 1158 bulbs also, they are available in filament type and also LED although I don't know how well the LED will work with 6 volts. Tractor stores may have them also.
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