[DeTomaso] Short Tail Light Studs & Screws???

[Doug Braun]

When I installed my new tail lamps I ran into the same thing.  Three of the
studs on the two lamps backed out fine and I replaced them with longer ones.
I wasn't so lucky on the fourth; it fractured the plastic.  I repaired it by
gluing a longer stud in place using JB weld.

As for the lens screws, they have a reduced diameter head.  I bought
stainless pan head screws, chucked them in an electric drill and turned them
while filing down and then finish sanding the head diameter to fit the
plastic lens.  If I remember right though, they are metric.

Doug Braun
blue 73L #5505

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Ken Green
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:06 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Short Tail Light Studs & Screws???


I was trying in mount a pair of new tail lights and had 2 issues:
 
1)  The studs just barely reach through the body,  they seem pretty tight in
the plastic, can I screw then out and put in longer studs without risking
cracking the plastic they screw into?
 
2)  The screws that attach the lens to the back piece just barely engage the
back piece, they look like number 6 one inch screws.  It that what I'm stuck
with?
 
Ken