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TOP TIP. Our #M19BK GT mirrors can be modi- fied to accept most of our 95mm LED rear lights. At only 12 quid a pair these moulded housings are 160mm high from base to top and offer a great opportunity to create a striking feature on the back of your car. The base size is 90mm x 30mm with a single M8 bolt fixing. Loosen the single pozi screw in the base and the stem can be rocked left and right on the base up to 180 degrees. For this example we removed the base and clamped the mirror stem in a drill vice with the back edge squared perfectly vertical. We carefully drilled a 6mm hole right down the stem into the mirror head. We removed the captive aluminium rivnut from inside the mirror head and cut away the plastic boss with wire cutters. The 6mm hole can be continued through the base and the base gasket so all the wires are hidden. The easiest mounting option for the lamps is to just bond them in because you'll never have to change a bulb - but you could bond a couple of rivnuts inside the housing and screw them in. The picture below shows our #RL40 in the housing in a vertical orientation. But the housings can just as easily be mounted horizontally and the lamp rotated 90 degrees. Also shown is our 'Bullseye' #RL57. We would recommend that, once you have worked-out the angle of the base, you bond the base securely to the stem - the standard screw may not be man-enough for the additional weight of a lamp. #M19BK £12 pair (£14.40 inc vat)
TOP TIP We've recently introduced several new cable-operated ventilation ducts and heater valves so I thought I'd dig out this old picture of the cockpit ventilation ducting from our helicopter website. It may give you a few ideas. At the centre is a welded aluminium 'T' made from 1.5mm wall thickness 2" diameter tube. Two, upside-down 'L' shaped rods have butterfly discs screwed to them inside the ali tube and a small hole drilled at the end of the 'L'. Cold air is drawn in from the left hose and warm air from the right hose. The butterfly valves control the mix. Inside the short piece of gates rubber hose is one of our 50mm 12 volt Axial fans. This pumps the air through the top hose to vent outlets at the base of the screen. The butterfly valves are cable operated with simple push-pull cables like our #PPC. The solid wire inners are bent to fit through the small hole in the 'L' arms and the outers are held in 5mm rubber-lined 'P' Clips fixed to M5 bolts,which are silver- soldered to the stainless hose clips. The picture is a bit grainy but you can see that the left-hand cable operates the right hand butterfly and vice versa.
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