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428street 09-27-2008 05:11 PM
License plate light ?'s/Door Install ?'s
 
I have a couple of questions on the LPL assemby and door install..

1. The LPL has two brass tabs with rolled circle holders on the end. One mine there are copper "tubes" that are lose in the holders. I can not for the life of me get the tubes onto the harness connectors. I tighted the holders and put the harness connectors in their appropriate spots. Is this ok?

2. The chrome glass holder does not seem to mate up with the rubber plate that great. Is that normal or do I have to play around with it? Seems like it is hitting the glass. Not sure if it's a quality issue or I am missing something. I assume this to be a water tight situation.

Door Install

1. One of the doors seems like I have a gasket problem and I'm not sure how to solve it. The gaps all around seem even, the latch lines up and locks on a semi-hard push. The bottom of one of the doors seems to not be closing properly because of the gasket hitting the door sill. Even when I push against it, the buldging does not seem to go away. Any idea's?

strictlypersonl 09-29-2008 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 428street (Post 884101)
I have a couple of questions on the LPL assemby and door install..

1. The LPL has two brass tabs with rolled circle holders on the end. One mine there are copper "tubes" that are lose in the holders. I can not for the life of me get the tubes onto the harness connectors. I tighted the holders and put the harness connectors in their appropriate spots. Is this ok?
Remove the tubes that come in the rolled receptacle. If the new wire ends are loose, you can squeeze the loops together a bit.

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2. The chrome glass holder does not seem to mate up with the rubber plate that great. Is that normal or do I have to play around with it? Seems like it is hitting the glass. Not sure if it's a quality issue or I am missing something. I assume this to be a water tight situation.
The cover holds the glass against the rubber to make the seal.

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Door Install

1. One of the doors seems like I have a gasket problem and I'm not sure how to solve it. The gaps all around seem even, the latch lines up and locks on a semi-hard push. The bottom of one of the doors seems to not be closing properly because of the gasket hitting the door sill. Even when I push against it, the bulging does not seem to go away. Any idea's?
Have you adjusted the sideways tilt of the door in at the hinge? If that doesn't fix the mismatch (wait a few days for the gasket to relax), you may have to trim the gasket.

kris-kincaid 09-29-2008 05:30 AM
The internals of a Cobra license plate light is an unusual setup, but it works great. That's a prime example of 1950's British engineering for you!


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