[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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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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