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| rickso71 |
 Jan 2 2005, 09:52 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 31-October 04 From: Derry, NH Member No.: 3,041  |
My '71 passenger headlight won't open but the headlight lights. THe driver's headlight does open (but the light doesn't work... that should be an easy fix though). I thought there were knobs on the back of the headlight motors to manually raise them but all I see is threaded holes. What size screw fits in there?
Are there any tech articles on headlight door repair? |
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| ClayPerrine |
Jan 2 2005, 09:59 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,541 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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Rick.
Here is a diagram on how your headlight motors work. . As for the top of the motor, there should be a knob about the diameter of a silver dollar that is attached to the motor. It has an arrow on it, and if you turn it in the direction of the arrow, the light should manually raise. But first remove the relay that is below the black plastic cover that is just inboard of the headlight motor. |
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| skline |
Jan 2 2005, 10:02 PM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
I would almost bet that is the problem. Move the relay around a little and see if your headlight pops up. I have had that problem before.
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| rickso71 |
Jan 2 2005, 10:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 31-October 04 From: Derry, NH Member No.: 3,041 |
Thanks guys. As I said, I don't have the knobs on the headlight motors and want to add them but don't know what size screw/threads.
I'll look for that relay. |
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| ablose58 |
Jan 2 2005, 11:12 PM
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rust never sleeps Group: Members Posts: 584 Joined: 6-December 03 From: port orchard,wa. Member No.: 1,422 |
Had the same problem recently. Turned out to be a crappy connection at the headlight motor. AL
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| SirAndy |
Jan 2 2005, 11:49 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,688 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) check the relay first, every time i had this happen it was either the relay had fallen out of the socket or (once) the relay was bad ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Andy |
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| DJsRepS |
Jan 3 2005, 07:44 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 431 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Sarasota Florida Member No.: 3,060 |
Swap the headlamp relays see if the problem is now on the other foot so to speak.
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