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WarbirdPhotog · 03-22-2025, 04:30 PM

Hey all, question on the dome lights for the 1940 Ford. I guess I didn't document my disassembly as well as I should have with these lights, but they were missing the gaskets. So there's five parts, the metal housing with the bulb, the plastic light diffuser that's white, a paper gasket, a metal retainer, and the metal bezel. What order do these go in?

Kube · 03-22-2025, 05:50 PM

Lens goes against bezel. Then the gasket against the lens. Then the retainer against the gasket.

WarbirdPhotog · 03-22-2025, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kube

Lens goes against bezel. Then the gasket against the lens. Then the retainer against the gasket.

Thanks Mike! And when illuminated, because of how the bulb is angled slightly outward... Does it normally only appear half lit?

Kube · 03-23-2025, 08:21 AM

I'd never noticed one "half lit". Doesn't mean it didn't occur just that I'd never noticed that before.

Karl Wescott · 03-23-2025, 01:02 PM

As an aside... the housing is also used for the parklight on 1940-41 trucks and 1940-47 cabovers.

joel · 03-23-2025, 02:26 PM

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Looking at the assembly, I don't think it has any choice. The socket+ bulb base occupies more space than the bulb. You might get more reflection if you used the fake chrome paint on the inside of he base. Guys used to do that with taillight housings.

03-22-2025, 04:30 PM	#1
WarbirdPhotog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2023 Location: Southern California Posts: 177	'40 Ford Dome Light order Hey all, question on the dome lights for the 1940 Ford. I guess I didn't document my disassembly as well as I should have with these lights, but they were missing the gaskets. So there's five parts, the metal housing with the bulb, the plastic light diffuser that's white, a paper gasket, a metal retainer, and the metal bezel. What order do these go in? __________________ 1940 Ford DeLuxe Fordor Sedan 1944 GPW Jeep

03-22-2025, 05:50 PM	#2
Kube Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 9,852	Re: '40 Ford Dome Light order Lens goes against bezel. Then the gasket against the lens. Then the retainer against the gasket. __________________ "I can explain it for you. However, I can't understand it for you".

03-23-2025, 08:21 AM	#4
Kube Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 9,852	Re: '40 Ford Dome Light order I'd never noticed one "half lit". Doesn't mean it didn't occur just that I'd never noticed that before. __________________ "I can explain it for you. However, I can't understand it for you".

03-23-2025, 01:02 PM	#5
Karl Wescott Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,538	Re: '40 Ford Dome Light order As an aside... the housing is also used for the parklight on 1940-41 trucks and 1940-47 cabovers.

03-23-2025, 02:26 PM	#6
joel Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 517	Re: '40 Ford Dome Light order Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Looking at the assembly, I don't think it has any choice. The socket+ bulb base occupies more space than the bulb. You might get more reflection if you used the fake chrome paint on the inside of he base. Guys used to do that with taillight housings.