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| partwerks |
 Jul 12 2010, 06:01 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,593 Joined: 7-September 06 From: Grand Island, NE Member No.: 6,787  |
How is the nut held in place for the bolt that holds the fog light bracket to the body?
I think someone has changed mine in the past as one uses a bolt and the other side a allen screw. Problem is if they get loose the nut in the back is not secured or tack welded in place. Can a person take out the pop up headlights to get acces to the nut in the back to spot weld them in place? |
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| Tom_T |
Jul 12 2010, 11:17 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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They should have the threaded nut tack welded to the backside of the body panel, but if the PO removed them, then you'll have to reach up behind the bumper & inboard of where the 2 bumper mounting bolts are located. You could re-weld the proper size up in there to make it easier in the future (they used the typical square bolt of approp. thread/diameter).
The red arrow in the pic below shows where it is on my 73 (same 70-74 & 75-76 are different). The headlights have a welded in drain pan under them, so removing the headlights doesn't help for access to much of anything. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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| Eric_Shea |
Jul 13 2010, 11:10 AM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
I don't believe it's tack welded. If I recall it's a square nut sandwiched between body panels for a "float" for adjustment purposes.
Could be wrong. |
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| EdwardBlume |
Jul 13 2010, 01:12 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California
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If its bolted on and works OK, I'd just go back to it... then again, if there's significant rust, you may want to get in there anyway....
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