Led vs halogen lighting

[sf03499]

Hi I was wondering if led lights were too bright to run as front lights on a 1066 while going down the road and if not what kind to put in there spot, trapezoid or flood. Thanks.

[Farmall1066]

LED’s are bright, we run them in a 5488, 7250, 7220, and the combine.  Look at the new vehicles now, some of those lights are awful bright when you meet them on the highway in the dark.

You’ll be fine, just put them in! 

[sf03499]

Ok which ones are best for the front 2 lights

[ChrisNY]

Trapezoid 

[billonthefarm]

I’ve been putting spots in the front.  Floods for the rest.

[sf03499]

Do the spots give you enough light on to see on the highway?

[brewcrew]

I basically never run roads at night, but I still arranged my led lights to be more driver friendly. The first set to come on is aimed lower, the second set is higher for distance lighting. A few places sell dimmable lights, and that’s what I’d probably do if you regularly run roads at night.

[Farmall1066]

11 hours ago, sf03499 said:

Ok which ones are best for the front 2 lights

So far everything we’ve put on have come from Mike Links, 88seriesrestorer here on the forum 

[billonthefarm]

18 hours ago, sf03499 said:

Do the spots give you enough light on to see on the highway?

Sure do.  Light things up real good.

[88seriesrestorer]

I use and sell our TRT# 4411 F on all tractors.   they look correct when off but are leds.   they will save the light switches and fuse holders.   https://www.triplertractors.com/led-tractor-lighting.html

Mike

[sf03499]

I was looking at the larsen ones

[ChrisNY]

8 hours ago, sf03499 said:

I was looking at the larsen ones

Larsen are good lights. I have a pile of them. Great customer service as well

[Diesel Doctor]

IH solved your problem in the switch. They call this a 4 position switch. 

The switch was used to turn the lights on/off as needed and used a resister for the dim function.

R = Rear lights are on for the field and all lights are burning.

B = Your bright road lights only are on plus the flashers

D= Dim your lights when meeting a car and flashers still on.

Off= Off

I stand corrected.

This works on normal bulbs and LED's don't dim.

[snoshoe]

Unless the grill lights are dimmable 30 watters.  You mess up the dim function by using leds. Trying to dim four lights also ruins the function. Which has me wondering how you're going to connect those 56 fender harnesses to the 66.

[Matt Kirsch]

1 hour ago, snoshoe said:

Unless the grill lights are dimmable 30 watters.  You mess up the dim function by using leds. Trying to dim four lights also ruins the function. Which has me wondering how you're going to connect those 56 fender harnesses to the 66.

If he wants the fender lights to work like they do on a 56 series, he will have to pair up the outer fender lights with the grille lights.

HOWEVER, all those lights if incandescent will overload the switch, especially on the DIM setting. It's not designed to run more than 3 lights.

I never understood the dim function anyway. It's not useful for driving. It's not visible to oncoming traffic. All it does is set the cobwebs behind the instrument panel on fire.

[sf03499]

So do you mean I can't use less then?

[sf03499]

Leds

[88seriesrestorer]

1 hour ago, sf03499 said:

So do you mean I can't use less then?

You can.  The leds wont dim with resisted part of switch.  They will work fine. U can call me anytime

[sf03499]

Is this where the wiring harness was originally supposed to go by the water pump or will it get too hot

[snoshoe]

There was another clip along with the belt shield on the alternator adjusting bolt.

[sf03499]

[acem]

Just keep it away from the exhaust manifold.

[sf03499]

Is this supposed to go this way

[sf03499]

Do they make led lights for the gauges

[Jeff-C-IL]

They do.  I bought some off Amazon that have the same base and a "lens" to make them emit light in a wider angle than some LED's.   Used them on my 666 dash - they work great.  I'm sure Mike probably has some as well.