Front Turn Light Reflector Transplant

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The right turn indicator on the Jan 71 240z had allowed water to enter and the metal reflector was rotted with the chrome peeling off. Someone lost the 3mm screws over the years and had used wood screws. The amber plastic holes were toast.

I managed to source a replacement from a friend however two of the 3mm screws had rotted away. This donor light did have an OK reflector and ok amber plastic however removing the 3mm screw remnants was like surgery. After removing what I could, I used a soldering iron to shape the amber plastic.

Here are the two offending screws.

Here is the donor with the plastic melted away to prevent damaging the amber part with the embedded rot.

Note that I used the soldering iron to melt/shape/push the two plastic mounts for the reflector. Once the plastic was formed into a smaller-than-the-hole shape, the reflector simply popped off.

Here is a reconstructive 3mm stud using JB Weld. The hole was useless so this was the only fix apart from melting amber plastic and tapping.

Here is the original light with a new outer seal but with the offending reflector and the replacement reflector waiting in the wings...err front and centre.

After some reforming the plastic stand-off's with the tip of the soldering iron, the new reflector is in place and secured by the same plastic.

Note: forming the plastic with the iron requires a series of short, quick "pushes" with no long periods of the iron in one spot.