Vic,
No studs - at least, not on my existing unit, but I'll see what the new one
has when it's delivered.
So, that doesn't answer the question - how do you get the nuts and washers
on the back? It's a hollow unit, and I can't find an access hole big
enough to get my hand through to reach the back.....
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here!
Dean
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To: Dean.Dashwood@enron.com
cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Light assembly question
No screws, just two bolts with washers and nuts. In fact, AFAIK, there are
two
studs on the back of the base that go through the body panel and then the
washers and nuts go on the studs.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
Dean.Dashwood@enron.com wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> Ok, it's my turn to ask a really stupid question.
>
> First of all, a bit of background. Last week I discovered some
> "interesting" things happening with my front side-light and indicator on
my
> 1500. Turn the lights on, the indicator tell-tale comes on but the side
> light doesn't. Turn the indicator on, and if you're lucky the side-light
> flashes but the indicator doesn't. That's what I mean by "interesting".
>
> On the advice of some club members, I checked out all the earths, and
> couldn't find anything wrong. But a bit more investigation revealed that
> they had pointed me at least roughly in the right direction. I removed
the
> front light assembly, and with the help of an ohm-meter, discovered a
> couple of thousand ohms resisatance between both the bulb holders and the
> earth connection on the assembly. Cross-checking with the wiring diagram
> confirmed that this would indeed cause the symptoms I was seeing, with
> current from the side-light flowing "backwards" through the indicator
> circuit, lighting the tell-tale, and probably earthing through another
> indicator. I decided the best solution was to replace the assembly, so
> I've ordered a new one.
>
> Now, electrically, I have no problem with this. My stupid question
relates
> to the physical fitting of this lighting assembly to the car. The
assembly
> contains six screw-holes. As far as I can tell, four of these are for
> attaching the assembly to the car, and the other two are for attaching
the
> coloured panels onto the assembly. The problem is that, of the four
screws
> which attach the assembly to the car, I only have holes on the car for
two
> of them - and I only have two screws. One of the two screws is a
> self-tapping type, and secures the assembly to the car without any nuts
or
> anything on the other side. The other screw is also a self-tapping type,
> but the hole is too big for it, so it serves no useful purpose. My whole
> lighting assembly is held in by one screw, and no nuts!
>
> Now, I'm sure this isn't right, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to be
> held on. Are there supposed to be nuts/washers? Seems to me that there
> probably should be, but I can't figure out how to get my hand round the
> back to position the nuts onto the screws! Or are these supposed to be
> self-tapping screws - in which case I'll buy another one, drill a couple
> more holes, and use three screws instead of one (ignoring the too-big
> hole)?
>
> Ok, I said it was a stupid question, but I'd rather not have bits of my
car
> fall off just because I couldn't figure out how to put a nut on the back
of
> screw.....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dean
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Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
http://www.vicwhit.com
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