[DeTomaso] front hood headlight buckets rubber grommets on 1972 detomaso pantera

[boyd casey]

Bob,
You adjust the headlight buckets by placement of washers under the headlight
bucket. There are studs mounted to the bucket. These studs go through the
flat  plate that they mount to on the bar that rotates to lift and lower the
buckets. The washers go on the studs between the headlight bucket and the
mounting plate. Some times you can see the rings               in the primer
if the headlight buckets were painted before they were completely
disassembled. Then you can see where the washers were located. If not it's
hit and miss. You just have to adjust by moving the washers around  to raise
or lower the different corners until you get the bucket aligned right. The
fenders were hand made . They were hammered on wooden forms. That's why the
headlight buckets are marked with the serial numbers of the car. It's a PIA
but you just have to be patient.  Disconnect the power line to the head
light relay or the Pantera electronics controller until you know they are
adjusted right. Other wise they may go down and catch an edge and damage the
new paint. The wire that controls the headlight motor going up and down is
the fat orange wire in the the drivers side that goes to the relay (or the
Pantera electronics controller if you have it) Disconnect the wire and
adjust the headlight door manually until you are sure they are adjusted
properly or else you may get paint damage.
Boyd

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <LEVITT1946 at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Friends,
>
> The Gumball Pantera is reaching the end of its restoration. It has taken so
>  long I have forgotten what the car feels and sounds like.
>
> A friend of mine flew me up to see the car in northern Vermont.  A  few
> things the body shop has had problems with are the following.
>
> The windshield gasket was a nightmare but once I found an Italian made
> original type gasket the windshield mounted in under 15 minutes.
>
> The bodyshop had to put washers between the hood and the hinge to keep the
> hood from rubbing against the lower lip in front of the car . Is this
> correct to  put washers or shims under the hinge ? The washers are under
> the
> hinge where the  hinge holds the hood.This cannot be correct.  Is there a
> correct way to  adjust the hood so that it does not rub the lower left and
> right
> of the hood. Or  are the hood hinges bent?
>
> The passenger side headlight bucket does not seem level .The lower left
> corner of the bucket was sitting slightly up.Is there a trick to adjusting?
>
> Your comments would be greatly appreciated so that I can forward to the
> bodyshop..
>
> Regards,
> Robert
> Gumball3000 #56
>
> PS. There are also two rubber grommets in the rear engine compartment  that
> hold the wires. These Grommets(2 to 3" in diameter) are located on the
> left and right side near the rear ZF mounts. Anyone know where I can buy
> two of
>  these Grommets?
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