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10-31-2005, 10:19 AM
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W123 Headlight Door repair ideas help
the threads on the headlight doors are rusted and worn. any thoughts on how to rebuild the metal to rethread?
i am thinking epoxy or something similar and then rum a die over. any thouths appreciated. regards cliff hubbard 
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11-01-2005, 07:17 AM
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#3
11-01-2005, 02:03 PM
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Improve your lighting by installing new "euro-lites" instead of fixing your tired old ones. You'll be happy, I'm sure of it.
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11-01-2005, 04:56 PM
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the metal filler
and a die may work.
it is fine to suggest switching to euros, but the cost of admission may cause one to stop and think. tom w
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#5
11-02-2005, 07:41 AM
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I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you find out new W123 euro-lites are actually cheaper in price than new OEM USA lites. Much cheaper actually from where I get parts.
Without a doubt, they are superior in lighting also. But sure, one can fix them old ones like described. You can also polish a turd if that floats your boat, instead of just getting a fresh one.
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#6
11-02-2005, 09:05 AM
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i am done.
i filled the nuts with jbweld and tapped out M5x0.8. i gobbed a little jbweld on the bolt and sanded to ~round. ran M5x0.8 die over. seems to work great. this ride is a beater to avoid driving my Ram 1500, so iam am not into pouring $ into if i dont have to i really dig these forums, many thanks for the replies. cliff
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