Best way to reinstall buckets

clicker · 06-05-2005

o.k the mechanism is back in. My manual says to do the reverse to get it back together. The problem is ,its been a couple of weeks and I can't get the buckets back in, very frustrating. Does the piece that looks like a boomerang that holds the bucket in have to be removed to reinstall the bucket? If not I need help.I'm just about ready to send them sailing. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.I thought the bolts would be bad to get out, that was cake compared to this. Maybe I'm just missing the theory.

baronbors · 06-05-2005

German engineering- gotta love it

jordan · 06-05-2005

If the "boomerang" is the horizontal when closed headlight actuating arm it does not need to be removed to reinstall the headlight bucket. But If I remember there is only one position to put the bucket in with out it hurting your paint, but it took hurting the paint to find this position for me.

clicker · 06-05-2005

I guess the tech. term would be the swivel plate.It just seems to me it has to be removed. No matter how much I turn the bucket that piece is not going to fit in that small space. I guess I should have paid more attention when I took them out. Just amazed that I done it by myself

namba209 · 06-05-2005

Clicker, I just looked at my buckets, if you're referring to the plate that bolts inside and to the rear of the bucket with 3 bolts, then yes it has to come out to install the bucket. That same plate then bolts to the spring plates that bolt to the rotating mechanism. HTH.

clicker · 06-05-2005

Thanks, that is my next try after two days of this that was my conclusion.I'll try it tomorrow. Need a break from them. Thanks again

06-05-2005	#1 (permalink)
clicker Opeler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waverly,Kentucky Posts: 13	Unanswered: Best way to reinstall buckets o.k the mechanism is back in. My manual says to do the reverse to get it back together. The problem is ,its been a couple of weeks and I can't get the buckets back in, very frustrating. Does the piece that looks like a boomerang that holds the bucket in have to be removed to reinstall the bucket? If not I need help.I'm just about ready to send them sailing. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.I thought the bolts would be bad to get out, that was cake compared to this. Maybe I'm just missing the theory.

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baronbors 1000 Post Club Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: League City Texas Posts: 1,117	German engineering- gotta love it __________________ Texas Opel Preservation Society Last edited by baronbors; 06-05-2005 at 12:08 PM.

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jordan Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: corning ny 14830 Posts: 2,182 Provided Answers: 1	If the "boomerang" is the horizontal when closed headlight actuating arm it does not need to be removed to reinstall the headlight bucket. But If I remember there is only one position to put the bucket in with out it hurting your paint, but it took hurting the paint to find this position for me. __________________ 1970 Opel GT 1.9 1980 Moto Guzzi V50 2000 Saab 9-3 2.0 turbo 2000 KTM 200 exc STOLEN

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namba209 6,000 Post Club Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Imperial Beach, CA South of San Diego Posts: 6,054 Provided Answers: 6	Clicker, I just looked at my buckets, if you're referring to the plate that bolts inside and to the rear of the bucket with 3 bolts, then yes it has to come out to install the bucket. That same plate then bolts to the spring plates that bolt to the rotating mechanism. HTH. __________________ Ron 72 GT 3.4L V-6/T-5/ZF posi - almost done - Just need AC installed. 75 Chevy monza 5.7L/TH350/Auburn 3.08 posi - Next

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06-05-2005	#4 (permalink)
clicker Opeler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waverly,Kentucky Posts: 13	I guess the tech. term would be the swivel plate.It just seems to me it has to be removed. No matter how much I turn the bucket that piece is not going to fit in that small space. I guess I should have paid more attention when I took them out. Just amazed that I done it by myself

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clicker Opeler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waverly,Kentucky Posts: 13	Thanks, that is my next try after two days of this that was my conclusion.I'll try it tomorrow. Need a break from them. Thanks again

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