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[Solved] Headlight adjusters
Posted by thinman
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Apr 17, 2024 12:55 PM
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Any tips for how to install the headlight adjuster inserts? The small black collars the adjustment screws thread in to. It is an extremely tight fit so much so, I can't even get them started.
1973 MGB GT
Previous Brits: 1963 XKE roadster, 1957 TR-3, 1958 TR-3, 1959 AH 100-6, 1963 TR-4
Previous Euros: 1972 Alfa GTV, 1966 Alfa Duetto, 1986 Alfa Graduate, 2001 BMW Z3 S54 Coupe, 2001 Audi TT 225
1973 MGB GT
Previous Brits: 1963 XKE roadster, 1957 TR-3, 1958 TR-3, 1959 AH 100-6, 1963 TR-4
Previous Euros: 1972 Alfa GTV, 1966 Alfa Duetto, 1986 Alfa Graduate, 2001 BMW Z3 S54 Coupe, 2001 Audi TT 225
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Robert P
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Apr 17, 2024 01:40 PM
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The small black inserts go into the headlight bucket. See attached picture. Then the adjuster screws thread in.
Then the silver inner rim is installed in the bucket, attached to the back of the bucket by the tension spring and in from to the rimmed adjust screws.
Then the silver inner rim is installed in the bucket, attached to the back of the bucket by the tension spring and in from to the rimmed adjust screws.
Apr 17, 2024 02:03 PM
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If you have the correct Lucas™ headlamp bucket, these plastic inserts are a 1/4 turn into the appropriate holes.
These cannot fit any other way.
B
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These cannot fit any other way.
B
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?"
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Apr 17, 2024 02:50 PM
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Buckets are stamped Lucas but they do not have the insert opening shown in the photo, they have round brass inserts. I finally trimmed the ears off the inserts and things are working.
1973 MGB GT
Previous Brits: 1963 XKE roadster, 1957 TR-3, 1958 TR-3, 1959 AH 100-6, 1963 TR-4
Previous Euros: 1972 Alfa GTV, 1966 Alfa Duetto, 1986 Alfa Graduate, 2001 BMW Z3 S54 Coupe, 2001 Audi TT 225
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2024-04-17 02:52 PM by thinman.
1973 MGB GT
Previous Brits: 1963 XKE roadster, 1957 TR-3, 1958 TR-3, 1959 AH 100-6, 1963 TR-4
Previous Euros: 1972 Alfa GTV, 1966 Alfa Duetto, 1986 Alfa Graduate, 2001 BMW Z3 S54 Coupe, 2001 Audi TT 225
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2024-04-17 02:52 PM by thinman.
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