'35 car headlight mount bolt length?

[rich b]

Looking for the overall length of the mounting bolt on a '35 car headlight. Need to repair the twisted off bolts on my lights.
Thanks

[Terry,OH]

48-13020 is 3.85" OAL

[rich b]

Thanks for the info, should be what I need if I repair these.

[Randy in ca]

Guess it's not super critical, but measured some I have. The total length is 4-3/16". The length I think you've indicated on your picture (from the square corners at the base to the end) is 3-11/16". Threaded length is 1".

Main reason for posting is to see if anybody knows if these are sold anywhere? Guessing they're the same as on some later trucks right up into the 40's, but haven't had any luck finding anything.

[Terry,OH]

The dimension I posted came from the Ford green chassis book. You may be able to find some used in other headlights as for NOS the 36 (shorter) show up but I have not seen the 35 advertised. It is possible the length measurement is taken from the bottom of the head to the bottom of the threads and not OAL as I posted previously.

[oldandtired]

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Rich B...I have a NOS 35 bucket. They are the same as the 38/9 pickup headlight bucket.I think Terry and Randy are probably both right. The one I just measured is pretty much 3 11/16 from the "square" to the bottom with the rest of the stand inside the bucket. The threads on the one I have sitting here are a bit closer to 1 1/4 inch than 1 inch, but that should not matter.
I have 3 37 truck buckets hanging around in the parts bin.I believe the stands are the same as the 35 passenger and 38/9 pickup ones and I believe they are also the same as the 40/41 truck with the sealbeam buckets. If you are interested, I can check and see if the stands are good on the truck buckets.

[rich b]

Thanks guys for the further follow up on my inquiry. I have a piece of 5/8" DOM I plan to thread and use for the repair, just needed the info on the length.

[pprather]

What size thread for the nut?

[Randy in ca]

Originally Posted by pprather

What size thread for the nut?

The threads are 11/16" - 18

Roy Nacewicz (Fordbolts.com) sells the nuts (part #R-83-88).

Doesn't seem like the bolts are easily found.

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by rich b

Looking for the overall length of the mounting bolt on a '35 car headlight. Need to repair the twisted off bolts on my lights.
Thanks

Check out my post #10 on this thread link below. Had not seen this post untill this morning. The overall length of a stock bolt removed from an original '35 headlight bucket is 4" as measured from the top/flat surface of head to the end of the threaded end of bolt. From the begining of the square section, under the head, to the end of the threaded end is 3-7/8". I'm sure FoMoCo had more than one supplier for these bolts, and that would mean some dimensional variations will be found on these original bolts.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181465