Working on the tail lights. My primary reason for posting is to clarify the attachment config..which on my car is consistent across all four lights but nothing like the AIM. Per p291 of the 69 AIM (see attached)...the studs with the harness securing loop should go (from housing out...meaning rear to front of car) "washer-nut-harness loop-washer nut". All four of mine go "harness loop-nut". And for the studs with the ground the AIM says "washer-nut-ground-washer-nut" and all four of mine go "nut-ground-nut". Sooo...the question is...was my car assembled late on a friday afternoon....or did a Bubba PO get lazy when putting back together...which I could understand but the consistency would be unusual for Bubba. The car was painted at some point in it's life from Cortez Silver to Cliche Corvette Red...by someone too lazy to remove the taillight housings. So if they were not removed then...why would they have been removed at another time with reattachment being 100% consistently different than the AIM? Anyone with a survivor can chime in with the config on their car? Mine was late Oct build fyi. Maybe line workers too excited for Halloween? Bottom line is I guess I would want to end up with the AIM config...but...??
For those who saw my other thread about cleaning red paint off the housings...attached are final result. Still a few small red flecks but good enough for the application. The engineer in me thinks the galvanized surfae will reflect light much better than when it was heavily painted over. And result with the first one is more than good enough as these are covered by lenses.
Thanks in advance!
Keith
For those who saw my other thread about cleaning red paint off the housings...attached are final result. Still a few small red flecks but good enough for the application. The engineer in me thinks the galvanized surfae will reflect light much better than when it was heavily painted over. And result with the first one is more than good enough as these are covered by lenses.
Thanks in advance!
Keith