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Hobdar
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 Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 4:20 am Post subject: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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Hi All
Long time lurker, I own the below 'Convertible' not a classic out of the factory but made in New Zealand from what i think is an Australian Made import.
My problem is the fenders are fibreglass with some strange headlight arrangement which has come loose, and for the life of me i cannot get it off.
What screws there are i have removed or loosened but the headlight rim wont budge but the headlight itself is now 'floppy' It looks like the enclosure is molded into the fender so nothing in the rear to remove to get to them i can see?
Any one have any ideas on how to remove them?
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pdaddy68
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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Hobdar
what is the small hole in the top of the ring? Could it be a recessed alan keeper of some kind? |
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mukluk
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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We're going to need better photos from up close and multiple angles, showing detail in order to have a chance to help figure this out.
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Grug
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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So the headlight is floppy, but the chrome ring is rigid? Or is the entire assembly floppy?
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my59
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:27 am Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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How do the wires connect if all is molded?
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Hobdar
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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| So the headlight is floppy, but the chrome ring is rigid? Or is the entire assembly floppy? |
I will get better photos but yes, the headlight is floppy but the ring is rigid.
The little brown knob at the top is not a screw or a rivet as far as i can tell. |
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Hobdar
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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| my59 wrote: |
| How do the wires connect if all is molded? |
There is a hole drilled in the back where the rubber sleeve for the wires go into.
i will get better photos. |
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Busstom
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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I wonder if the bulb holders are actually screwed in from the backside. But I guess you already popped up the front-end and checked for that.  |
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Hobdar
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:25 am Post subject: Re: Need help identifying how to get the headlights off |
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Sorry actually took me a while to work these out and they simply turn 180 degrees and then pop off...........
did my head in trying to work this out - new lights now installed. |
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