converting a federal signal highlighter mag mount to perm

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converting a federal signal highlighter mag mount to perm

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the suction cup mag mount doesn't hold well enough....and I am sure it will walk away.

Anyone know what parts I need?

Gonna mount it to my 1994 s-10 pickup.
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You will need a gasket for the roof and a few 1/4 20 nuts and bolts. Disasemble the light remove the magets and ust those holes as a template to mount it. Sandwich a gasket and wire it up and replace the dome. you may want to silicone the bottom where the bolts pass thought the sheet metal. Those always seem to leak.
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FFParamedic571 wrote:You will need a gasket for the roof and a few 1/4 20 nuts and bolts. Disasemble the light remove the magets and ust those holes as a template to mount it. Sandwich a gasket and wire it up and replace the dome. you may want to silicone the bottom where the bolts pass thought the sheet metal. Those always seem to leak.
you mean like on an engine head? I was just going to rought the surface up and use silicon.
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You can do that to.. But if you ever need to get it off .. good luck.. Its like a foam rubber gasket.
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gotcha

will post oictures as I get it done
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