Why oh why aren't simple things so simple!!??
This evening I went out to change a rear road light bulb on offside of my Avondale Landranger. Simple job I thought although I had not done it before.
Four bolts hold on combined "wrap" rear light cluster. First bolt came out fine. Next ones made strange grinding sound and spun round but did not screw out. After trying for several minutes without success I unscrewed nearside lamp cluster to see if could identify the problem. That fortunately came off okay. The clusters are held on by 4 bolts which screw into cylindrical "nuts" set in the fibregrlass body work of the rear panel.
The threads on the nuts on the offside are either stripped or siezed with rust. With a lot of effort I have loosened another bolt so that I can see that that is the problem. I have loosened the 3 stuck bolt sufficiently to be able to hacksaw off the heads. remove light cluster and then drill out the remains of the bolts as necessary.
That's a pain but an even bigger problem is how do I then refix the light cluster, ie, what can I screw the bolts into.
HELP folks, anyone out there got any suggestions.
There is not, by the way any access to the panel behind the fitting so I cannot bolt right through the rear panel and put a nut on the back of it.
All sensible suggestions gladly received.
Regards
Tim
This evening I went out to change a rear road light bulb on offside of my Avondale Landranger. Simple job I thought although I had not done it before.
Four bolts hold on combined "wrap" rear light cluster. First bolt came out fine. Next ones made strange grinding sound and spun round but did not screw out. After trying for several minutes without success I unscrewed nearside lamp cluster to see if could identify the problem. That fortunately came off okay. The clusters are held on by 4 bolts which screw into cylindrical "nuts" set in the fibregrlass body work of the rear panel.
The threads on the nuts on the offside are either stripped or siezed with rust. With a lot of effort I have loosened another bolt so that I can see that that is the problem. I have loosened the 3 stuck bolt sufficiently to be able to hacksaw off the heads. remove light cluster and then drill out the remains of the bolts as necessary.
That's a pain but an even bigger problem is how do I then refix the light cluster, ie, what can I screw the bolts into.
HELP folks, anyone out there got any suggestions.
There is not, by the way any access to the panel behind the fitting so I cannot bolt right through the rear panel and put a nut on the back of it.
All sensible suggestions gladly received.
Regards
Tim