[DeTomaso] Headlight Buckets

[bill gaino]

I bought a replacement bucket for 1362, thats when I found that the early one had mount holes and the later style had studs. I gave up and reconditioned the original. Still I can't get my ring to mount without dragging when closing. YOUR right, My mind don't work in 2 planes.. Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
>Sent: Jul 21, 2012 4:03 PM
>To: JDeRyke at aol.com
>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlight Buckets
>
>Neither of my buckets are stamped on #1488. Maybe too early a car? The one
>in best shape is sprayed the original car color where the wallowed out one
>is not. Both are in the sandblast booth right now. The Kirk Evans light kit
>is great quality and was a breeze to install....relatively. The worst part
>has been trying to clean up the mess from my prior owner. I'd have had the
>whole thing done in 4 hours otherwise.
>
>Rob
>On Jul 21, 2012 3:43 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> First, check to see if in fact your buckets are the serialized ones for
>> that car. If so they will have the actual s/n stamped in the bottom of the
>> buckets (cannot be seen unless removed). Replacement buckets may not fit
>> well no matter what you do as, there were at least two different buckets.
>> Second. shimming to align headlight buckets must be done in two planes:
>> back & forth on the stock-huge holes, and up/down with shim washers or a
>> hammer. Our minds don't work well in two planes, so this adjustment is NOT
>> intuitive. A further complication is the possible loss of the stock plastic
>> bushings on both ends of the raise/lower bar that causes random shifts in
>> bucket position, or collision damage that used one or both replacement
>> fenders with different sized openings. Good luck- J Deryke
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