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Newly Enlightened
Well I discovered this Ranger "made in USA" at my mother's house. She picked it up somewhere. It had battery
leakage inside and I almost thought I wouldn't be able to unscrew the end cap! After opening it up found that the
battery by the spring spewed out badly. Fortunently no battery spewing by the switch.
Notice the pinholes on the tail cap where the batteries leaked!! She's
got some holes but they give her character!
The parts, cardboard roll and plastic is to take up space inside
for keeping batteries from rattling.
After soaking the damaged parts in vinegar and salt mixture for 2 days. Solution ate the rusty/battery
crap away, forgot to take pictures of before, believe me this
looks great.
The reflector was a loss, it was plastic and the metalized coating was transparent albeit it was smooth
and shiny. I did a OP on it but that just ate up the finish even more!!. So I cut triangles of aluminum foil and
used spray adhesive and glued em on. Then polished/waxed with a dremel. Came out good and works pretty
good too and the Orange Peel comes through and makes a nice beam.
made a new lens as the old one was flimsy and cloudy, made this from a CDROM case, nice and clear.
There is no O ring in this model and you can see where the lens sits already cutting in.
bulb holder was missing so used an Oring to hold bulb in
Beamshot at about 2 feet in my basement at night, no lights
save for the Ranger
who took that out of focus pic??
Looking good
Good weight and balance, even has a signalling button on switch and lanyard attachment, what more
could you ask for!!! I didn't shine her outside up at all, thats the way it came, no dents or dings. So
can anyone tell me any history on this model ?
leakage inside and I almost thought I wouldn't be able to unscrew the end cap! After opening it up found that the
battery by the spring spewed out badly. Fortunently no battery spewing by the switch.
Notice the pinholes on the tail cap where the batteries leaked!! She's
got some holes but they give her character!
The parts, cardboard roll and plastic is to take up space inside
for keeping batteries from rattling.
After soaking the damaged parts in vinegar and salt mixture for 2 days. Solution ate the rusty/battery
crap away, forgot to take pictures of before, believe me this
looks great.
The reflector was a loss, it was plastic and the metalized coating was transparent albeit it was smooth
and shiny. I did a OP on it but that just ate up the finish even more!!. So I cut triangles of aluminum foil and
used spray adhesive and glued em on. Then polished/waxed with a dremel. Came out good and works pretty
good too and the Orange Peel comes through and makes a nice beam.
made a new lens as the old one was flimsy and cloudy, made this from a CDROM case, nice and clear.
There is no O ring in this model and you can see where the lens sits already cutting in.
bulb holder was missing so used an Oring to hold bulb in
Beamshot at about 2 feet in my basement at night, no lights
save for the Ranger
who took that out of focus pic??
Looking good
Good weight and balance, even has a signalling button on switch and lanyard attachment, what more
could you ask for!!! I didn't shine her outside up at all, thats the way it came, no dents or dings. So
can anyone tell me any history on this model ?
