Light refector's

1 ) Is there someone or somewhere that can re-tin the reflector ? In order to get the black dullness out of them I polished them with fine white polishing compound and my finger and some " outor " ( That's how it's spelled - it's pronounced " water " ) . I have a nice shiny brass reflector now in one of the lights . The other one polished out OK .

2 ) How many different styles of light were put on the M . Both of mine are teardrop and are made by Guide but the bucket's are slightly different at the mounting stud and one was painted black inside and the other one was IH red inside . Also , the one that was black inside had a wire to ground the socket to the bucket and the red one had a perforated copper strap that pinched between the reflector and bucket .

3 ) On the black interior one there was some of the original ( I think ) gasket left and it looked like packing gland material - sort of . Or maybe a black plumber's putty . But it wasn't a formed rubber gasket I'm sure of that . So , The question is - Can these gasket's be gotten at the dealer ( IHC ) or anyplace else ? Thanks ! ...Randy

I'm saving the old lights for a day when I have less to do. I'll try to re-hab them then. I installed teardrop-shaped halogen lights for now. They don't look right because they're chrome, but they are close to the same size and shape as the originals. I'll paint 'em red on a warmer day!

Ya know what us old Harley riders say - "Chrome don't get ya home" . At least those of us that have been actually working on our own bikes for over twentyfive years do . So Pleeeaasseee get some red paint on those lights HAHA . Take care ...Randy

I polished up the reflectors on my H,then spray-painted them with chrome paint from a rattle-can.
The new rubber gaskets I got from steelwheelranch dot com. "Bout $3 or $4 each. HTH. Larry