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

[Rob Dumoulin]

Agree on this point. It is a PIA.  My relay fried, which fried my motor.  I
swapped the motor and the Pantera Electronics in the same session and took
my driver's side bucket out to help in the motor removal (another PIA for my
car).  My bucket had washers and the holes in the bucket where the bolts
went through were big and the fit was sloppy as heck.  It took some doing
(and a chip in my fender paint when the light came down too tight), but it
finally worked.  Place a piece of cardboard between the light and the fender
to protect it until you get it right.  I found that the cardboard allowed me
to have the bolts slightly loose and when the light came down, it pushed the
bucket just right into place. I tightened the bolts, removed the cardboard,
then did a slight tweaking with a miniature hammer on the bolts for my final
adjustment before I finished tightening.

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:55 PM, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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