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    Posted: 19 March 2011 at 9:29pm

OK so as it turns out I went out and hooked up the wires and the motor retracted the headlight that I had manually cranked up. I turned the lights on and the lights came up properly until it came to the end of the cycle. At this time the motor would keep running while it skipped gears endlessly.

I removed the light assembly and notice green gear like plastic in the drain hole at the bottom of the assambly...I'm guessing it's my gears!!!

maybe my limit switches are sticking also...it'll come apart and get fixed

so I will rebuild this unit with the Rodney metal gear I have and put it back in the car.

As it turns out, while I was playing with the headlights, the driver side didn't want to go up this time but I haven't put any thought into it for I'm sure it is a simple problem because it worked a couple of months ago
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right on thank you very much!!
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As it happens, hotlinking is not allowed by their site. Go here, and look at the first post, second image. Click that, it'll pull up the electrical diagram.
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Connect a multimeter to the voltage setting and backprobe the power-side of the motor (tan wire). Check with the switch off (Or "down"). Should be 0V. Hit the switch on, and it should jump to around 12V (Might deviate slightly due to resistance).

Here's an electrical diagram to help you get your bearings, so to speak.
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Ok I will start with the relay!!

 

I happen to have a spare from and Idea I started when i had a jeep...jeep is gone

SO here comes the next dumb question!!!

How do I test a relay?
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Originally posted by Nexus Nexus wrote:

how hard is it to replace the motors on these...mine goes up and down by hand but runs nonstop when plugged in...or is it a different problem for mine?

I had the exact same problem. It would go up and down by turning the knob, but would spin non-stop when plugged in. Opened up the motor and saw that the teeth on the gear were stripped.

Not very hard to do, if you know what you are doing. If I could do it, anybody could do it! Took me 5 hours the first time around and only about 1 hour the second time around.
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Originally posted by Nexus Nexus wrote:

Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

Well, one could figure out if it's gears or motors by trying to hand crank it up. If it cranks by hand, its the motor. If not, it's the gears. Also, if the motor is caught off-brush, it may not try to turn, although that seems unlikely.

how hard is it to replace the motors on these...mine goes up and down by hand but runs nonstop when plugged in...or is it a different problem for mine?


Could be something simple like the relay. Have you tested it? If it is (And I strongly believe it is) it's an absolute cakewalk to do.
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Originally posted by Romeo Romeo wrote:

Well, one could figure out if it's gears or motors by trying to hand crank it up. If it cranks by hand, its the motor. If not, it's the gears. Also, if the motor is caught off-brush, it may not try to turn, although that seems unlikely.

how hard is it to replace the motors on these...mine goes up and down by hand but runs nonstop when plugged in...or is it a different problem for mine?
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Originally posted by Bassman Bassman wrote:

Good job...I do have a Dickman brass headlight
motor gear for that one day I'll have to rebuild...lol

Are these still available? How much $ thanks. Found em. $35 for
each motor. Aluminum gear should be better than nylon(plastic) i think.  More info on plastic replacement here =   http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?FID=1&a mp;a mp;TID=2361&PN=1&get=last
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Originally posted by Boxin' Robin Boxin' Robin wrote:

One Canadian to get started. And one Canadian to celebrate.

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Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:


I betcha this time was minus the brewskis.


 


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Good job...I do have a Dickman brass headlight motor gear for that one day I'll have to rebuild...lol
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Originally posted by Boxin' Robin Boxin' Robin wrote:

This time it only took about 1.5 hour from start to finish.

I betcha this time was minus the brewskis.

Ya ya, we're proud of you!

 
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Good news!!! The headlight received a knock-out blow! It is now
working perfectly! Thanks to you all who recommended taking it apart
and doing it all over again. I guess I didn't line everything up properly
before I shut the two halves the first time around.

This time it only took about 1.5 hour from start to finish. This comes
from a guy who didn't even know how to properly check the oil half a
year ago! You guys gotta be proud of me
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Feint feint CHUCK NORRIS.

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Jab jab roundhouse....

 
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Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:

Originally posted by Boxin' Robin Boxin' Robin wrote:

The rematch will commence immediately!


Don't take too many head shots in the process!


[EDIT] Or maybe I should've said... Don't get your headlights punched out.


 



Well if you count the beer, I took roughly 3 head shots last night while working on the motor. Maybe that's why it took 5 hours with no success

And actually the headlight was already punched out by someone or something. It now has a brown band-aid covering the hole
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If all else fails take it to Dr. Fiero in north Delta, he rebuilt my 85GT headlight motors for me, I think it took him 15mins start to finish on each motor.  (not including removal from the car as I did that. However that should only take about 20 mins per side.)
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Originally posted by Boxin' Robin Boxin' Robin wrote:

The rematch will commence immediately!

Don't take too many head shots in the process!

[EDIT] Or maybe I should've said... Don't get your headlights punched out.

 
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