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#413444 Wed May 01 2013 12:22 PM
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I want to install 13.5" lenses in a two-piece plastic globe (sold by Gas Pump Heaven but bought at a swap meet so no directions included).

Thought it would be rather simple, and maybe it is, but the lenses don't seem to fall into place like I thought.

Any instructions/tips/words of caution will be appreciated.

Larry

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Hi Larry,
Your lenses could be for a glass body, not a Capco, so caution would need to be exercised before screwing the body shut. They are usually thicker glass than those made for Capcos, and from what I have experienced, glass notches are approx. 1/4" deep, whereas Capco notches are about 1/8" deep. This is not a rule by any means, but I measured several lenses a while back for either style and this was the measurements I came up with. You can risk breaking the glass lenses if you try to force them into a Capco and screw the halves together too tightly. Vice versa, if you try to mount Capco lenses on a glass body, you might crack them as well as the stress can be too great from the screws and metal always wins over glass! wink
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Gas Pump Heaven has a YouTube video of how to do it if they are correct lenses for the Capco.

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I know what you are talking about. Some of the repo capco bodies can be a pain to get the lenses into. Just keep working at it and as Darin said make sure the lenses are capco lenses and not glass body lenses.


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A very very good thing to do when putting these together is to place a towel or large piece of cloth inside of the capco between the two lenses.....just in case things slip...that way the two lenses cant go crashing into each other and break!

I have put several of these together and fight the heck out of them. The last ones I put together, I asked the little lady to give me a hand and they all snapped together in about 1 minute! definately easier with 4 hands!

Once you do one, it seems things go much smoother after you get the hang of it!

But the towel trick is a MUST, or you quite possibly could break lenses.

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I am a novice at pump globes and lenses, so I don't know what kind of lenses I have. They were bought thru this website and were special order made by a major supplier, the name escapes me now.

At Gas Pump Heaven, I saw a connection to a YouTube video on installing pump glass panels but nothing on installing lenses. Not much good at YouTube searches.

I hear the words of caution but first I need to identify the type of lenses and what types of globes will accommodate them.

Larry

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Hi, Larry. The depth of the lens notches at 9 and 3 o'clock will usually determine if your lenses were made for a glass or a plastic body: Shallow notches for plastic body....deeper notches for a glass body. Just post a measurement of your lense notch depth here, and one of the gang will be able to I.D. your lens body application. John


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