There are three screws that go in from the engine compartment side of the rad support that hold in the top of the headlight housings....what do they look like? something special? Anybody have a picture of what real one looks like. My car came in a basket and I have no clue which screw/bolt attached what part. Thanks....


[getting down to the real little stuff on my restoration...]

 

these, it looks like there are 7 total


4 with 3/8" head around the hi-beam
3 with 1/2" head around the lo-beam

 

The bolts that hold the headlight surrounds in place are hex head and about 3/4 inch long coarse thread, not machine coarse, but less threads per inch than machine coarse that screws into the plastic part. Same size hex head as the bucket bolts but different thread. A half inch bolt might be better for future disassembly. Use lubricant on threads before insertion.

 

Here is a picture of what I have...I don't think the three little phillips head screws are right....can anybody tell what is correct? thanks, Jim

 

Whats the build date on your Olds? Randy may have the answer? Those look awful close to whats right. An early build car may have had the rubber gasket sandwiched between the two. Im not sure if the fasteners were different in this case. Ill have to ferret out the OEMs I pulled off mine before resto. Im almost 100% sure they were philips. Its the material and threads I cant recall. I get back to ya.

 

Oh those screws...they are Philips head black phosphate coated, domed screws with no flange on them.