 Headlight goes up. Won't go back down., What is broken here? |
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| VegasRacer |
  Apr 13 2025, 04:11 PM
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ELVIRA  Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,908 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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Both headlights pop up as the German engineers intended. Only the left one returns to the down position with the dashboard knob. The right one will go down using the knob on be back of the motor.
What is causing this malfunction? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) There are no obstructions. The usual suspect pivot is intact. Is this a sign the headlight motor is going bad? |
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| fiacra |
Apr 13 2025, 06:58 PM
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Person.Woman.Man.Camera.TV Group: Members Posts: 660 Joined: 1-March 19 From: East Bay Region - California Member No.: 22,920 Region Association: Northern California 
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Have you tried swapping out the relay for a known good one yet? Easy to switch left and right and see if the problem "magically" switches sides.
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| Ron914 |
Apr 28 2025, 03:12 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 468 Joined: 19-April 22 From: Huntington Beach,Ca Member No.: 26,487 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(fiacra @ Apr 13 2025, 07:58 PM)  Have you tried swapping out the relay for a known good one yet? Easy to switch left and right and see if the problem "magically" switches sides. I didn't know that you can do that .This is a great trouble shooting tipi I ever run into this problem . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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VegasRacer Headlight goes up. Won't go back down. Apr 13 2025, 04:11 PM
VegasRacer
Have you tried swapping out the relay for a known... Apr 13 2025, 07:58 PM barefoot There are limit switches that reverse current to d... Apr 14 2025, 05:05 AM ClayPerrine This should help:
914World - How your headlight m... Apr 14 2025, 07:34 AM GeorgeKopf I am in the middle of refurbishing my headlight mo... Apr 28 2025, 07:26 AM fixer34 I concur with the electric wiper/contacts inside t... Apr 28 2025, 05:31 PM
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I concur with the electric wiper/contacts inside ... Apr 28 2025, 08:09 PM ClayPerrine
I concur with the electric wiper/contacts inside... Apr 29 2025, 05:39 AM fixer34
[quote name='Ron914' post='3203227' date='Apr 28 ... Apr 30 2025, 03:23 PM Maltese Falcon John @VegasRacer we had a similar problem and af... Apr 28 2025, 06:15 PM Tonyooc I had a bad ground wire up at the headlights. Mine... Apr 28 2025, 10:32 PM GeorgeKopf This is the gear mechanism with the conductive pla... Apr 29 2025, 07:32 AM mark04usa Yep, early cars are different. Apr 30 2025, 09:18 PM |
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