tail light buckets

[61shorty]

i have a 63 swept bed on my 61.....the tail light bucket is messed up on the pass side......how in the hell do these things come out ??!!?? (yes i checked the forums first and found no info??)...frustrated, please help ...thanks, jim.

[Hobcobble]

i have a 63 swept bed on my 61.....the tail light bucket is messed up on the pass side......how in the hell do these things come out ??!!?? (yes i checked the forums first and found no info??)...frustrated, please help ...thanks, jim.

Jim,
I know Ben can help on this.... he went through that ordeal a while back.
Hang tight...
John

[FredM]

On mine I just take out the 3 screws that hold thelense in and it
slips out, have to lift the bottom just a little to clear the wires.

Is yours russted in some?

[61shorty]

i don't know if it's just rusted in or what !! i thought it should just pull out after the lense was unscrewed, but even the one on my parts truck does'nt seem to want to move either. i don't want to bend it all up.......maybe i'll try some wd-40 and see what happens.. .....thanks for the reply. i'll let you know how it goes. jim.

[soopernaut]

There is some kind of trick to it. I don't remember the details but ask Ben or somebody who's been through it. I guess that is what you are doing by posting here.

[61shorty]

well, got the darn things out....had to change the electrical in both and now everything works great !!!....the thing only sat for 20 years !!.........ok, now for the info on how they come out..there is are 3 clips that need to be released in order to remove the bucket, BUT...there is no way to do this ...after prying a bit on the buckets,one of the clips broke on each one allowing them to be wrestled out....needless to say, there are NO CLIPS now !! cut off wheel took care of them and now they will come right out when the screws are removed ...yeeee hawwwww i learned somethin' !!!!!!