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Stingraynut:
Re -Swapping the lights around, it was purely to look better and maybe better from a safety angle.

As you say, who knows which globe will blow next

Today I tried to fit a replacement halogen to the Left driving/fog light- much skinned knuckles and it is not in tight. Tomorrow I'll try fitting the right globe to the left and vice versa to prove I have the correct part.

I need something like 'snail eyes' to see what I'm doing.

Just in case........
(No....that's not a special Corvette tool, just something snails have that would be v useful for these tricky jobs.)

S'nut

Tom Matic:
I swapped the lights around so that the red lenses are at the outer spots.  It's a real pain of a job.

I actually took the whole back end off to be able to get at the lenses.  There's probably around 26 or so small bolts that need to be removed.  Some you get at from underneath the car.  Then there's maybe ten along the top ridge attaching the tail to the body.  These are accessed through the fuel filler cap.  You'll need a small ratchet and skinny arms as it's real tight to get in there.  be prepared to be patient.

The worst part is putting the tail section back on.  Care must be taken to align the tail with the body exactly.  I found that if I did not tighten them in seguence and gradually to THE SAME TENSION that I ended up with warpage on the top flat section of the tail peice.  The tail peice is made from real floppy plastic and if its not held in place while you;'re tightening the bolts, it's real easy for it to shift a millimetre ot two and that of course leads to less than desired alignment.

I think from memory that the correct sequence is to tart from the centre and work your way out, alternating from side to side.  Get them to finger tight, and then gradually tension them up further once you are happy with alignment.  This is probably a two person job, although I did it myself.  Much quicker and easier with a helper on hand I'd reckon, plus the neighbours won't hear as much swearing.

Be extra careful not to lose sockets or nuts as they end up in channels and other spots where they are very difficult to retreive.

johnny86convert:
While  trying  to  finish  off  the  black  beauty  this  week  I  had  the  pleasure of  doing  the  " PAIN  IT  TAKES  AND  THE  SKIN  OFFA  THE  FOREARMS  WITH  TAKING  BOTH  REAR  LENSES  OUTTA  MY  88  TO  MAKE  IT  COMPLIANT  with  the  regs  in  n.s.w."  reporting  that  the  pain  is  great,  the  swearing  was  profuse  and a  big  thanks  to  johhny  sards  and  greg  morris  for  the  help,  BTW  sure  was a  surprise  to  find  they  even  swap  sides  with  the  battery  ;););););););)  now  some  tips  with  cleaning  the  engine  bay  to  steam  clean  or  not???????????

Brutus:

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  now  some  tips  with  cleaning  the  engine  bay  to  steam  clean  or  not???????????
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Just remember that computers and all their electrical bretheren are slightly averse to any degree of moisture in and around their allotted proximity.:b2:22

johnny86convert:
hey  BOB  looks  like a  lot of  late  nights  with  a  lot  of  cotton  buds  then  and  lottsa  elbow  grease  hehehehehe;);););)  hows  your  car  going??????I'll  be  in  canada   while  your at  FOX  so  please  put  some  photos  on  the  forum  please?

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