[V8] Headlight Misalignment after Timing Belt

toml99 at todomundo.com toml99 at todomundo.com
Thu Sep 8 18:44:23 PDT 2011


Well, last night after work, I worked on it till dark and found the 2  
-10mm bolts on the sides loose and was able to tighten them from  
above with my custom bent 10mm box end and a few cuss words, and  
didn't have to remove the bumper.  This pulled the corner lights into  
alighnment.  The 4 bolts/square nuts on the radiator support(is that  
properly called a lock carrier?) were tight, and when loosened, in  
addition to having the  4 phillips loosened, got it to move a bit,  
but that's definatly not the problem.  I ended up working the  
adjusters a bunch, and it's now driveable at night, but the outside- 
upper corners of the lights are still sticking way out.  When I get  
some free time, I'm gonna pull that bumper and see what I see.    
Found out today, that my friend's shop has the Bosch headlight  
alighnment mirror thingy, so once I get this all sorted out, and  
those other headlights in, pretty sure I can dial it in(since the  
book is sorely missing a few pages on headlight alighnment)....Best  
part is the motor/etc is so clean you could eat off it, and doesn't  
leak a drop/smoother-quieter idle with that new oil pump-fan clutch  
bearings, and can now actually have a drag race between it and the 5- 
speed(during the day, until I get this headlight thing figured out).   
I've also got some relays/boxes/wires etc to relay the headlights,  
but put it off as it's been parked.  Thanks for all the  
input.....Here's the pic....Tom

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