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More Darley work..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:07 pm
by coyttl
Since everyone else was working on their Darleys, I decided to take mine apart.

..Not really, but since the girl thought the Darley was the neatest light, I was forced to start working on it.

It's off getting stripped/soaked, and while I was in "hurry up and wait" mode, I thought I'd ask some questions about the reflectors..

These buggers:
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They look and feel like the cheapest possible way to make a reflector. How are they best cleaned without making them duller? How common are these? (As you can see, I have at least one with a fancy bullet-hole in it!)

--Mike.

Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:19 pm
by mcha9797
I used some "Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish" on part of this one, and it seemed to work pretty well.

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Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:48 pm
by Old-Timer
mcha9797 wrote:I used some "Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish" on part of this one, and it seemed to work pretty well.

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That about what I used....and rubbed the hell out of it!

Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:13 pm
by coyttl
Cool, thanks guys. I'll look into that. :thumbsup:

Does anyone have a good (head-on preferred) shot of a Darley with a light lit up - that uses these reflectors? I'm curious as to the light output. :)

Thanks!
-Mike

Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:31 pm
by jab8356

Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:37 pm
by coyttl
jab8356 wrote:http://forums.signaltraffic.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13241&start=20#p170941

That uses those dish-looking reflectors? Really? I didn't expect those to put that much light out. Wow..!

Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:15 am
by Old-Timer
This has 25W clear bulbs.......

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Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:32 am
by mcha9797


The light in that video has the other style reflectors, (not restored) and 60 watt bulbs.

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Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:10 am
by coyttl
Old-Timer wrote:This has 25W clear bulbs.......

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That have these pizza-dish style reflectors?

Re: More Darley work..

PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:12 am
by coyttl
mcha9797 wrote:


The light in that video has the other style reflectors, (not restored) and 60 watt bulbs.

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interesting!
I see yours are screwed to the wall! As far as I can tell, mine were pressed in by the doors. Which one's older/newer?