How do I remove the headlight knob?
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How do I remove the headlight ****?
I need to take the headlight **** off of a 78 so I can get the plastic gauge cluster thing off. I'm gonna make a billet aluminum one and I don't see what gets that **** off. Does it release from the back like some classic stangs?
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There should be a clip within the **** which wedges itself around the shaft. look at the underside of the **** and you will find a slot. Take a small screwdriver in the slot pulling towards you as you pull the **** off.
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headlite ***
I have 2 1979 Fords .It should be like mine . There is a white plastic button you can,t see on top off the **** assembly behind the dash. You have to reach up behind the dash and feel for it .Push down on it and the stem comes out . It should be the only thing that moves. I also have a 1993 Cougar and it is the same way.
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From: Northern Va
Snake your hand up under the dash and feel for a little button (like in the above mentioned picture).
This is how I did it:
Press the button and pull the **** out gently till it stops. You should be able to feel the button move a little when the **** stops.
Release the button and push the **** in ever so slightly, then repress the button and the **** should pull right out of the dash.
Good luck.
This is how I did it:
Press the button and pull the **** out gently till it stops. You should be able to feel the button move a little when the **** stops.
Release the button and push the **** in ever so slightly, then repress the button and the **** should pull right out of the dash.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by tamarackstyle
sorry for the misleading info.
sorry for the misleading info.
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Press the button and pull the **** out gently till it stops. You should be able to feel the button move a little when the **** stops.
Release the button and push the **** in ever so slightly, then repress the button and the **** should pull right out of the dash.
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I used to do it the way you described it.
Maybe to humour me, you could try removing it the way I mentioned.
with my way, there is no finessing the button and slide out shaft.
It is <> pull the switch **** out >stop < >then Depress the button and pull the **** out at the same time.
Cmp Special.
Press the button and pull the **** out gently till it stops. You should be able to feel the button move a little when the **** stops.
Release the button and push the **** in ever so slightly, then repress the button and the **** should pull right out of the dash.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cmp spe,
I used to do it the way you described it.
Maybe to humour me, you could try removing it the way I mentioned.
with my way, there is no finessing the button and slide out shaft.
It is <> pull the switch **** out >stop < >then Depress the button and pull the **** out at the same time.
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From: Northern Va
Mil1ion,
Sorry for taking a long time to answer.
I had trouble using your technique, don’t know why. The shaft lock kept hanging on the button preventing release. Pressing in slightly after releasing the button seemed to correct the issue.
Sorry for taking a long time to answer.
I had trouble using your technique, don’t know why. The shaft lock kept hanging on the button preventing release. Pressing in slightly after releasing the button seemed to correct the issue.
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That's weird :
When you say push back in , do you mean like a 1/16" or halfway > all the way back in?
Again, I pull the **** with shaft all the way out >
then Depress button and pull it out the rest of the way, slowly
When you say push back in , do you mean like a 1/16" or halfway > all the way back in?
Again, I pull the **** with shaft all the way out >
then Depress button and pull it out the rest of the way, slowly
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From: Northern Va
Originally posted by Mil1ion
That's weird :
When you say push back in , do you mean like a 1/16" or halfway > all the way back in?
Again, I pull the **** with shaft all the way out >
then Depress button and pull it out the rest of the way, slowly
That's weird :
When you say push back in , do you mean like a 1/16" or halfway > all the way back in?
Again, I pull the **** with shaft all the way out >
then Depress button and pull it out the rest of the way, slowly