80 underhood light ???
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Racer
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From: west central INDIANA
80 underhood light ???
My car had no underhood light when I got it. My hood has 2 holes for the light but no threads. Can someone descibe what type fastener to use. What was there from the factory? A photo would be great. I have had an aftermarket light for quite some time now, but haven`t put it on. I want a factory look. Thanks in advance.
Racer
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From: Winchester CA
My '80 used to have rubber grommet looking things inserted into the holes you're talking about. I'm pretty sure that they were factory installed. Being that they were made of a rubber material they have since been gone. I would also like to know how to affix the light to the hood and have a clean look.
Drifting
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From: Castle Hills Texas
The switch is in the light itself. It is a mercury switch as I recall, the light knows what posititon the hood is in and it turns on or off accordingly. They are notorious for failing, thus many splice a real switch in the circuit.
Burning Brakes
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From: Louisiana, It's Always Party Time!
I believe what you are looking for is called well nuts. They are a rubber coated nut with internal threads. Put the well nut into the opening on your hood, insert screw and tighten down. As you screw into the threads, the rubber expands and gives you a tight fit. I purchased mine from a hardware store and they work great. I want to say I got 1/2" well nuts but that was years ago. Just measure the opening of the hole on the hood and get the appropriate size.
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From: Glen Allen, VA
When I removed mine, the well nuts wouldn't work to renistall them, so I wound up using the square inserts you get from the parts store to fit on a liscence plate bracket, that you would screw liscence plate screws into. They are in the HELP section of parts. They are hidden by the lamp and I was able to use factory type screws, so you wouldn't know it was mounted any different than factory.
Safety Car
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From: Bridgewater nj
THANKS! That baffled the $hit out of me. I guess that explains why the bulb was removed.
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Racer
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From: Suburban Washington DC
Am I to assume an '82 would have standard fasteners, not metric? If so the largest screw that goes through the light is 8-32 and the holes in the hood are about 5/16". So that would be the forth one down on the right?
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My '80 used to have rubber grommet looking things inserted into the holes you're talking about. I'm pretty sure that they were factory installed. Being that they were made of a rubber material they have since been gone. I would also like to know how to affix the light to the hood and have a clean look.
Racer
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From: Suburban Washington DC
