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Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: borgue on September 18, 2005, 10:33:58 AM

Am having problems getting the headlights to go down.

They go up no problems and are not sticky.

Have tried:

Column switch
Washer sw
Fuses
Fuses in engine bay near battery

Any one had this before? Working my way round checking connections now...

Any help greatly appreciated!

Ollie.

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: oldone on September 18, 2005, 09:23:27 PM

my 84 had the same prob,you have to discconect the power to the lights,then you have to sync the motors,i.e.the manual overide...(big knobs to turn up and down),make sure the connections are clean,lubed,and wires out the way connect up and test,its a bitch cos sometimes you get one going down and one staying up....its all in the sync

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: borgue on September 18, 2005, 09:34:16 PM

got no further. they go up fine lubed all the linkages etc. but when you switch off the both stay up. working my way round the electrical connections. apparently there is one behind the dash! according to haynes.
ran out of time today.

ill keep on looking! :(

Ollie

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: mpk490p on September 21, 2005, 07:25:37 PM

i have plenty off motors if you need them
mark

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: borgue on September 22, 2005, 06:41:39 PM

cheers, think there ok though have got the motors to work by ye har\'in a perminant live from battery to power motors. think its a wiring fault :mad:

Ollie

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: RobbieRX-7 on September 22, 2005, 10:52:29 PM

i had this fault when i took my dashboard out on sat. i was testing the lights with the high beam, and then they wouldn`t go down, they switched off but stopped up. It turned out i forgot to connect the winter switch by the speedo that makes them pop up but not illuminate. Its worth a try just to see if this is connected properley.

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: RobbieRX-7 on September 22, 2005, 10:57:54 PM

ive just realisd that this is posted in the first gen section :o it must be a relay..check all asociated haldlight relays first before un tapeing all the wires.

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: borgue on September 24, 2005, 06:55:49 PM

ok cheers had to have a break this weekend from it. so frustrating! ill get stuck in on monday! thanks for your input! is much appreciated.

Ollie

Title: pop up headlights.
Post by: Brett on September 24, 2005, 10:13:21 PM

It may be worth checking if they are going over there travel limit, without having looked at one I cant say, biut on my old 86 celica one lamp unit was over adjusted and would occassionally travel past its stop, meaning the unit would never retract.
Will they retract if you manually wind them in 10% and then reapply power?

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Cars by Model Type => 1st generation RX-7's => Topic started by: borgue on September 18, 2005, 10:33:58 AM