My parts 1600 car had a 3" exhaust and Xmember with larger hole, at one
stage I was going to remove it and replace with standard just so I can
roll the car. But today I jacked it up and hacksawed the exhaust and
removed for a buyer as I'll stay with 2.5" on my street car.
On 11/07/2004, at 7:52 PM, rclough wrote:
Mark
Always a logical explanation.
Is this the same 1600 you needed the rear crossmember for?
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: tail light hole not lining up
Ah, daylight inspection and my peering upside down in the boot
revealed
that a small new section about 3-4" long has been welded in place
presumably rust repair...consequently one and only one hole does not
align as original. can't get much more bodged up so out with the drill
to solve the problem!
On 07/07/2004, at 10:31 PM, rclough wrote:
Unlikely that the holes would be filled in with metal, I would use
the tail
light bolt template to explore if the correct holes have been filled
with
bog during a repair to cover up broken bolts on the original tail
lights.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: tail light hole not lining up
8 for car and 8 on my four tail light assemblies. My car is a '72
and
donor car is a '71. Quite odd as if the panel was re-made and
redrilled
or some thing. Just seeking to verify that drilling the body so I
can
bolt the lights up would be best rather than hack-saw the bolt off?
On 06/07/2004, at 9:36 PM, rclough wrote:
Mark
Do your tailights have 6 or 8 bolts to hold them onto the body?
Early (Made in Japan) 1600's had 6 and later versions had 8. May
be
you
have the wrong tailights for your beaver panel?
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 10:54 PM
Subject: tail light hole not lining up
Fitting bumpers and lights this w/end I was dismayed to find just
one
hole not lining up with the mount bolts on the RHS tail light -
explains the single 'drain hole' in the chrome surround there,
someone
just drilled out that bolt to get the light on. I don't how this
is
-
holes are mostly intact, with only very slight elongation in one
or
two. Can't swing it sideways enough to line the one that is out
up.
I hate butchering things up...what to do:
1. drill another hole, which will be 1/8" or so from the orig so
may
just end up elongated orig and need big washer
2. hack-saw that bolt off and forget about it
As it's one of the top holes I prefer to have one to tighten up
otherise it won't pull the seal in tight to keep water out, #1
looks
to
be it...just hate bodging up the car. Spent an hour polishing all
the
chrome and fitting new inner chrome inserts...simple job now
holding
out overnight while I think about....
Mark.
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