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Old 03-23-2023, 01:15 PM
gto4evr gto4evr is offline
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prepare for pretzel wrist, then you'll be screwed if the fasteners are rusted badly with soft metal on fender or valence because you can twist and the bolt area gives out ripping and turning trashing everything which is what typically happens. or, if you're down south I think you just breathe hard on the bolts and they fall off with ease (I'm from Western NY so I envy everything the southern guys post as "lost causes" !!

anyways, there's 4 bolts holding it to each fender through fold over tabs. the two upper ones you need to jamb your hand up through that small cut out.

there's also a bolt behind the front license plate area in the middle holding it to the horn brace you might have missed. original fasteners are the coarse thread bolts through the split j nut clips. you'd use a 1/2" socket on so they will break loose if not too rusted solid. never put those back together with the later 5/16-18 threaded bolts, no need for that kind of clamping force there and way too dangerous to get back apart once that rusts. (again, more NE area words of warning!)

your best bet is to get the two valence lights out first. they're one nut on each side holding the squeeze bracket on to the light (again, prone to breaking off) more pretzel twisting to get at those too, but once those are out you can get at those two upper bolts on the fenders easier since you can see them that way.
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Last edited by gto4evr; 03-23-2023 at 01:23 PM.