Removing and re-fitting tail lights

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  • rynaqui
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Mar 2012
    • 2752
    • Country: Malta

    #16
    Originally posted by newsh
    Make sure you get ALL the nuts off, I've seen 2 nuts on one stud on an avant I was stripping for parts, thought I'd got them all off and started tugging, it did not end well..
    Ouch that doesn't sound good

    Why would there have been two nuts??
    1996 S2 ABY Silver

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    • Ruffiano
      S2Forum Extremist
      • Sep 2007
      • 1458
      • Home: Italy Current: United States

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      • newsh
        S2Forum Obsessed
        • Aug 2003
        • 16226
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #18
        Originally posted by rynaqui
        Ouch that doesn't sound good

        Why would there have been two nuts??

        It was one of the one's that's out of sight, low down on the outside edge, I reckon the person bolting the lights in forgot they'd put one there and doubled up. Always worth a look with a torch and a mirror if it seems stuck.

        S2 Coupe 3B Project


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        • UrS6 - IamS6
          S2Forum Enthusiast
          • Nov 2014
          • 148
          • Home: Ireland Current: Western Sahara

          #19
          A good hairdryer, and heat the metal from the inside the boot which will heat up the existing black goo more directly.

          I always have a can of Zippo lighter fuel handy for solvent type cleaning jobs.

          Hot air gun can be too powerful and you have to be too careful with it for this job, imho.



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          • Rikki Kitto
            S2Forum Zealot
            • Feb 2010
            • 6276
            • Country: England

            #20
            I found this in case anyone else needs it bargain
            http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2212253302...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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            • rynaqui
              S2Forum Fiend
              • Mar 2012
              • 2752
              • Country: Malta

              #21
              Done it tonight and what a pain in the *** the sealant is to clean off!

              Looks the business though, pics soon as gayphone camera is being a tit
              1996 S2 ABY Silver

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              • Ivan_ZG
                S2Forum Buff
                • Jul 2015
                • 28
                • Country: Croatia

                #22
                Ruffiano, what is the diameter of the seal you put?

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