[T3] Small Hint...

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Wed Dec 4 14:48:47 PST 2013


On 4 Dec 2013 at 16:45, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 4 Dec 2013 at 14:33, J. Jonik wrote:
> 
> > Then, I just got both arms awkwardly into the wheel well and
> > push-pulled-wiggled the six connections in that piece between
> > headlight and car body.   Bingo!    The old-car corrosion syndrome. 
> 
> Not sure what connection you're talking about. There should be no 
> connections inside the wheel well. 
> 
> There are connections inside the headlight "bucket" and also on the 
> backside of the parking light base. If you also have connections 
> inside the wheel well, those were added by a body shop in the course 
> of some previous repair.
> 
> If that's your case, you're suffering from what auto electric people 
> call "body shop disease."

Since this sounds like a '70 or later, it's also possible that you're 
missing the rubber boot that should be covering the backside of the 
parking light housing.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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