Taillight bulbs, PN? Help?

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Taillight bulbs, PN? Help?

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My tail light bulbs came out as glass shards and twisted bits of metal. Does anyone know what three bulbs go in these? And, if anyone knows the PN for the large yellow one for the front blinker, I'd be gratified to find out that as well.

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Try John at Midwest Military. He will know the correct ones for both 3 wire and 2 wire tail lights.

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1683 is the large one and 1251 is the running/blackout
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If you have a friend that works on airplanes at the airport.............the 1683 is a standard Nav light bulb...........I got a few bags left of em around somewhere. I did sell alot on Ebay a while back too and stocked up a couple local vendors :D
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Thanks! That'll get me going at least.

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jim lee wrote:
And, if anyone knows the PN for the large yellow one for the front blinker

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Yellow bulbs were not stock for M37's lights, if your truck had them they were installed by a previous owner, white ones were all the factory used when they built the trucks.
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Carter wrote:
jim lee wrote:
And, if anyone knows the PN for the large yellow one for the front blinker

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Yellow bulbs were not stock for M37's lights, if your truck had them they were installed by a previous owner, white ones were all the factory used when they built the trucks.
So.. the front blinkers were white? Or not an issue 'cause there were not blinkers at all?

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There were no directionals (blinkers) on M37s when they were manufactured.

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w30bob wrote:There were no directionals (blinkers) on M37s when they were manufactured.

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Yellow lens/red lens, are de riggur!
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m-37Bruce wrote:Yellow lens/red lens, are de riggur!
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Thanks Carter, You doing well I hope?
I guess I should have said Amber forward (are de riggur) & Red rearward.
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