(apologies if this ends up getting posted twice, but it seems to have gotten
lost)
> At long last I got my car back from the body shop. It looks great, but
now
> I am in the midst of putting back all the things I took off, and of
course,
> who remembers??
>
> It's all those little things that seem to take up so much time. Right now
> I'm trying to figure out why the license plate light won't fit. There are
3
> holes in the rear deck, 2 studs in the lamp. These studs will go into the
> outer holes, but then the bottom of the lamp extends over the spare tire
> cover. Is this the way it is supposed to be? It might have been that way
> before the tear down, who remembers?, but it won't go back that way
because
> the new gasket for the spare tire cover makes it extend out a little
further
> than the opening. There is also a hole in an extrusion in the lamp gasket
> for the wire. This is on the side of the lamp and does not line up at all
> with the third hole in the rear deck which is in the middle. I do
remember
> that the wire was not hooked up to the lamp.
>
> I'm about to remove the studs and drill new holes in the lamp. Is that
the
> way to go? Anyone been there done that?
>
> BTW, if you want to see some before and during photos, they are on my web
> site:
>
> http://kinderlehrer.home.mindspring.com/triumph.htm#Triumph%20page
>
> I still don't have a digital camera, so the up to date pictures have to
wait
> until I finish a roll of film.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
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