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oldtrucker63 wrote:
If there is a light there it has to work, But if someone has took the lights off and added reflectors then no they don't have to light up all is needed by law is two tail and brake lights and two head light thats the law but if you have a light on the body it has to be in working order. The RV is not over width.
If there is a light there it has to work, But if someone has took the lights off and added reflectors then no they don't have to light up all is needed by law is two tail and brake lights and two head light thats the law but if you have a light on the body it has to be in working order. The RV is not over width.
good to know, i have them all working now except fot the 2 on either side of the back passenger side corner. if i cant get those 2 working i might just remove them.
http://www.rv.net/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/7668210.cfm
You can find the entire rules here: Federal Motor Vehicle Standards
i have these little-tiny dollar store flashlights. the lenses on the clearance lights just snap on and off and they have a bit of extra room in them.
soon as its dark out im going to put these in the lenses and see how they look. if they look ok i will just use these on the last 2 and turn them on and off by hand when ever i drive in the dark.
4501-15-04 Clearance lamps, marker lamps, stop lamps, back-up lamps, turn signals, license plate illuminating light, identification lamps and reflectors on vehicles.
(A) Clearance lamps, marker lamps, stop lamps, and reflectors on commercial motor vehicles shall be constructed to conform to appropriate requirements of the S.A.E. Standard for Clearance, Side-Marker, Identification and Parking Lamps, or the S.A.E. Standard for Stop Lamps, or the S.A.E. Standard for Reflex Reflectors and shall be installed at locations on the vehicle in accordance with the current federal motor carrier safety regulations.
(B) In addition to the other equipment required in sections 4513.04 to 4513.18 of the Revised Code, the following vehicles shall be equipped as herein stated under the conditions stated in section 4513.07 of the Revised Code, and in addition, the reflectors elsewhere enumerated for such vehicles shall conform to the requirements of section 4513.06 of the Revised Code.
(1) Buses, trucks and motor homes eighty inches or more in overall width:
(a) On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and on vehicles manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the specifications of subdivision (1) of S.A.E. Standard for Clearance, Side-Marker, Identification, and Parking Lamps.
(b) On the rear, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and after January 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the specifications of subdivision (1) of S.A.E. Standard for Clearance, Side-Marker, Identification, and Parking Lamps.
(c) On each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(d) On each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(2) Trailers, semitrailers, fifth-wheel trailers and travel trailers eighty inches or more in overall width:
(a) On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side.
(b) On the rear, two clearance lamps, one at each side.
(c) On each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(d) On each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(e) After January 1, 1967, on the rear, three identification lamps.
* This post was edited 04/27/10 11:36pm by oldtrucker63 *
(c) On each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
The rear it has one on each side, But at the front side it has none.
I looked at the picture of your RV on page 2 of your thread and I notice that you have two wrap-around amber lights on each side. Perhaps one of these is the front-side marker light. I have seen references to light specs that say you can use lights visible from both the front and side for certain requirements.
What mine doesn't have is front and rear side reflectors. Yours is the first reference I have seen to that requirement. At least in the front of yours I don't see a reflector either (the rear is not visible in the picture).
The radiator finally arrived. Made in China... looks cheap too.
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Turns out it's just a smidgen smaller than the Original. The mount points match up, sorta. There's two sets of mounting points on the front of the van, this radiator uses the upper set, the original used the lower. Not a big deal. Unfortunately, the fan shroud doesn't fit. The mounting points are about an inch and half too close together... and with the radiator being a little smaller, the shroud ends up running across the inlet and outlet to where I can't get a hose in there...So... for now... I ended up having to pull the shroud. I'll probably end up installing an electric fan and temp sensor. It's supposed to get you a little better mileage and I had thought about it last year when I had to replace the fan clutch. Of course... I thought about it after I already made the swap.
So, there's the update. We'll make it work. Oh yea, I forgot, the outlet is 1-1/2 inch instead of an 1-3/4 like the old one, so I need to get a hose reducer too.
Nothing is ever easy is it?