I did some more work on the Firebird today. One of the parking lights was missing a bolt, and one of my aftermarket Kenwood speakers was about to fall out because it was missing some screws. The parking light was straightforward enough (although the left one had gone out AGAIN), but doing the speaker involved removing a piece of the interior. I also had to get in the back seats which required moving a bunch of junk, and while moving the passenger seat forward I discovered another petrified french fry, which I disposed of. I apparently have not yet finished cleaning out all the hidey holes.
I managed to get the speaker secured with shiny new screws and decided to do the matching one as well, which was just as well because I discoved it was fastened with more damned square drive screws. I swapped those out for my shiny new Philips screws and then realized I had screwed down the speaker without the frame for the cover. As I was undoing the screws, the speaker made an ugly sound (I had the stereo on). I was worried the speaker might have blown out, but it turned out to just be the wires coming loose. After an electrical detour to my mechanical fix-up job, I got the other speaker secured as well. All this took me about an hour, but I feel good about it.
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