Dave Hensley
Well-Known Member
Looking for the pop up headlight assembly that came on the XB and XTB back in the day. Motor must work and the tray needs to be intact. They were bad about burning up when lowered hot.
They were black ABS and were motor operated up and down. They even had a drain hose that ran to a livewell type drain plug in the hull on the starboard side of the bow.I sure would like to see pics of one. I have never seen one.
LMAO!!!!! Enough said.. Can't wait to see that new light installed...Ouch. Somewhere, someone has a couple of these brand new in the box laying under a work bench. Just got to find them. Analogous story. I got an AMT Turnpike slot car set for Christmas in 1962. They were big, expensive and difficult to assemble. 1/24th scale and the cars had carriages under the track so they could not come off. They would spin around, change lanes, run backwards....just neat. Both cars tore up Christmas day and the set went back after Christmas. In 2005 I found a brand new one never used on Ebay. Today I have 7 sets and 3 of them were never opened. There is a headlight out there...
Lmao...Iced in today and colder than dangit. Took the light apart. The little servo motor and gearbox were all potted together. Scraped that off and found the gearbox was loose and binding so the motor would not run. Took it apart and now the motor runs but the little gearbox, which looks like an old friction motor, is bound up. The driven ring gear that attaches to the light itself is broken loose but I will machine a plate for it. When I get through the light will be worth a least $500 in labor alone...
I agree, but once it's there, you have no options......No way in the world I could bring myself to cut the hole in the nose of the boat that light would require