{Chrysler 300} Headlight buckets F , maybe others with quads - heads up !

[John Grady <jkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, reassembling 4 F headlights , but-  bad move -we had put loose headlight buckets and misc  parts from 3-4 cars in a box , plus some had the “ factory unit”  of the rear mount  plate and the head light bulb holder  stamping  separated . 
The stamping has depressions for the bulb , the bulb only goes into it one way . But stamping has to keep bulb top up in car as other stuff rotates  .  
The rear plate fender bolt pattern rotates in the car , only goes on one way but , while same rotation is  in two places sort of opposite directions  ( inner and outer pairs),  due to the tab that sticks off it with nylon nut to hold chrome cover , they look the same but are location specific — maybe once assembled - to keep bulb top up  . 
Sounds easy right ?
Well there are at least three different bulb holder stampings to keep bulb rotated straight up as bolt pattern rotates , (why three and not two baffles me still)  . I had three stampings in front of me slightly different , a few of each. 

  Add into that the cover tab location rotation is the same , say for outer driver and  inner passenger , and you can be driven nuts for hours . All fits , but bulb may be tilted . 
It gets like which cup of about 12 is the peanut under , after you happily put them on without bulbs the first time , get a surprise later when you mount bulbs  . 
Careful thinking seems not to work well if they have been apart unmarked .  
Anyway ,
Two rules : mark parts with top ( T) and position 1234 , if taken apart , and 2 ) never mix unmarked parts from several cars in a box .
On and off car 2-3 times 2 hours later . Only 15 minutes of work , 1:45 trying to figure it out . Not sure how , but now ok , mostly lucky trying . 
J 


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