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Can anyone tell me if I am on the right track about my headlight problem? A few days ago my headlights would not come on after I had shut them off without retracting them. everything works as far as the fog lights and the motion of the headlights opening and closing except them comming on. I...

I saw some awesome wheel tire combinations the other day and was curious if anyone knew how far a fellow could go with tire and wheel sizes on his 84. they call for the 255 50 16. how big can i go?

Houston " We have lift off" Dear Hot Rod Roy, You gave me just enough courage to put that bumper on by myself. I took my small radiator heater in the garage and hung my bumper over it for about 1 hour. That was long enough to get the thing to become very pliable ( might need spell check on...

thanks for all of your responses.

it seems that the inside of the fascia where it bolts to the reinforvement bar that I can not get it to fit over that, it is to tight. I was thinking that if i removed the whole impact bar that would alow me to get the fascia on without forcing it on. I can not remember it being that difficult...

I need that book you have where do i get one?

thanks for the info. I think I will remove that headlight and take a close look at it and put it back on and see what happens. do you know what the small little male plastic connections are on the bottom of the headlights are? I just assumed the vaccum went to them. I feel like a real dumb ass.

the fascia. is that the front portion that has the rail on top that the bumper attaches to?

if there is no vaccum to the headlights then why would one of them hang up only after a short movement. I presumed that the vaccum lines comming out of the canister in the front of the vet were for the headlights.

Can anyone tell my what is required when replacing the front bumper on my 84. I find the fit too tight and it almost feels like something needs to be taken apart or removed in order to get this piece on. I was thinking that the top rail that the bumper screws to could be removed and then...

I am getting close to putting my 84 Vet back together now but have an issue with the headlights. I hooked them up and they both worked fine for about 10 revolutions but now one is not working only part way. I looked, and the hoses are capped off and are very old and brittle. Two questions...

thanks for posting, But the month went by and I got the thing off and am waiting for some new bumpers from santa

Thanks Paintdaddy,

sanding I got around to the rear quarter panels and when I started sanding them they got down to the fiberglass real quick. What should I do as far as sealing that off before I prime it? I think that it might have been because the paint back there was deteriorated worse than any where else...

Taking off the rear bumper of my 84 and I got to the ones that you have to get in some wierd postions tog get to and the damn bolts are spinning. Does anybody have an idea of how to get them off? I was thinking about drilling on them for a while and see if I could get them to come off.

I am feeling better already. I went to the paint store last night and picked up some 80 grit. That should make this job move right along. Thanks . Robert

No I do not see any fibers in the dark spots. I am using 180 grain do you think that is to agressive? I would actually like to use something heavier to speed the process up some. Thanks for your help . Robert

What happens if one does reach into the forbidden gray fiberglass coat? Would a flexable primer be ok to use over those areas? I am sending a picture of what I have done so far, so see for your selves.

paintdaddy Thanks for the insite. I am totally confused now. Nothing I have sanded appears to be the actual fibergrass itself so I think that I am ok. I am stopping when I get down into the black after the greenish gray coat. Robert

I have decided to sand the hood of my 84 instead of chemically stripping. I have gone into gray color then back into a black. Does anybody know what layer I might be in and do I need to stop? It appears to be the original paint and it was black , so would you think that the black under the...