Hello all,
Boom light on my Bobcat 337 excavator went out at work, run up to the dealer to get a new one. They discontinued the halogen bulb and replaced them with led, which is fine with me. Get back to the shop, install the new light, go to plug it in, but the connector is bigger on the new light. Call the dealer up to see what's going on, they told me they changed connectors with the LED lights, I said fine, I need a new style male connector...nope. they don't sell just the connector, they want me to buy a $150 harness...nope. I cut the connectors off, soldered them up and put double wall heatshrink on them.
I understand things get discontinued and changed, but there is no reason I should need a $150 harness for a $0.25 connector. And I know that harness would not be the easiest thing in the world to change.
Thanks for hearing my rant,
bobcat2
Boom light on my Bobcat 337 excavator went out at work, run up to the dealer to get a new one. They discontinued the halogen bulb and replaced them with led, which is fine with me. Get back to the shop, install the new light, go to plug it in, but the connector is bigger on the new light. Call the dealer up to see what's going on, they told me they changed connectors with the LED lights, I said fine, I need a new style male connector...nope. they don't sell just the connector, they want me to buy a $150 harness...nope. I cut the connectors off, soldered them up and put double wall heatshrink on them.
I understand things get discontinued and changed, but there is no reason I should need a $150 harness for a $0.25 connector. And I know that harness would not be the easiest thing in the world to change.
Thanks for hearing my rant,
bobcat2