Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: IrishKenCJ7 on May 18, 2012, 10:56:37 PM
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Anyone ever remove the front lights on the fenders on the 79 version. Not the 80+ rectangular versions. I have a yellow and white light on each side a bit like the landy lights. From behind the fender i can see the tip of a screw but from the front I cannot see the head of the screw. Its under a bezel. Do I twist it I dont want to break it - Im just trying to clean them up as they're fogged up and the clear ones have rust inside.
I just added aluminium foil behind the glass on the parking lights on the bottom and it really brightened them up. I might do the same to the headlights.
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the chrome ring should lever out of the rubber base and then the lens will pull out and you can get to the screws
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Gaypods ? hammer, pliers ....... get rid :greggmo:
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the chrome ring should lever out of the rubber base and then the lens will pull out and you can get to the screws
:imwitstupid:
You can get replacements from loads of places too if they're FUBAR
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Get rid of them full stop. Don't need them as the turn signal is under the front lights. Mine headlights were changed to a later style so the park light is in the headlight. Then just fill up the nasty holes left from the god aurful landy lights
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Yes my small lights under headlights are white parking lights. I think you guys are right I'll put the indicator back the way the yanks have them and get rid of the landy lights. So its just a yellow bulb that goes in there with clear lens I presume.
Now for the dreaded bondo. I made a balls of my YJ windsheild with Bondo before. Might try the old mans MIG welder,I'll check the size of the holes and make a call. Im getting off the topic here but...
How do you fill a hole with bondo, do you put mesh behind it first so it doesnt fall through.
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simple answer is you don't, it's for smoothing a surface not filling holes.
tack a patch on the inside then tack through the hole from the out side, etch and prime then you can use filler
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Ok Nosebolt that worked and got them out in under a minute. Nice 1.5 inch diameters holes now to start fillin'. Still this is why I bye them....
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Apologies you posted just before me. OK Welding it is then.
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If your good with a welder then I prefer to cut out the shape in steel that you are filling and weld it directly in rather than putting a larger patch on from behind as I find that rust develops behind the patch where the surfaces aren't welded. If you go to my build page and look through you will see what I mean as I took photo before and after I did mine. Also it pays to seam seal the weld on the inside to prevent rust at the joints. A quick coat of etch primer and then the filler, followed by high build primer then your top coats.
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Thanks, send me a link to your build thread a couldnt find it in the first few pages I tried.
Also Ive wired up my indicators now but where do I put the dims. At the moment I have no dims, do they go into the headlight. I see a place for a bulb holder inside of the heads but no bulb holder currently there. I googled to see if that is where they should go but go no confirmation.
The wiring was a mess on this CJ7 and I was told it was done by JustJeeps but I could be wrong.
Ken
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side lites go into the main lights, will be easy if you already have bowls with holes for them.
this might help
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Thanks, send me a link to your build thread a couldnt find it in the first few pages I tried.
http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=14435.msg164718#msg164718 (http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=14435.msg164718#msg164718)
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Last windscreen frame I took of the YJ turned into a soggy wet digestive as I turned the cheesy little torx bolts that were trying to hold it on.....
I wish you better luck :icon_biggrin:
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Having sex with my gay pod (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKjRmpayLgo#)
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i think u may have got over excited at that link