chiefopw

I have a 1964 Sting Ray which is nearly the point of completion for as far as I plan to go. Major frustration when I discovered the headlights won't open up. The headlights work and I can make the lights open by manually turning a tooth on each motor. Each side has an electric motor to open the cover but neither works. Switch is OK, fuses are OK, relay is OK and at this point I am stumped. I have no idea where to go from here. Help.
chiefopw

65GGvert

By relay, do you mean the 30a circuit breaker under the dash on the driver's side? They are not fused. How is the ground at the front?

65GGvert

Are you using the stock switch that you pull up to open the motors, and push down to close, or have you modified the system to make the motors roll over with the headlight switch? Stock doesn't use the headlight switch for the rollover at all.

chiefopw

Actually, the only switch I have used is the pull out light switch on the dash that turns the lights on. Is there another switch to make the motors open up the lights???

SI67

There SHOULD be a rocker switch (like a power window switch) marked "Headlights" screwed to the bottom edge of the dash directly below the lights ****. You pull the rocker toward you to rotate the light buckets to operating position and push it away from you to stow the lights. This info is on page 18 of the owner's manual. If you don't have one, you should get one.

Here is a link to a PDF of the manual, open to the page you need.

http://oldcarbrochures.org/NA/Chevro...ners-Manual-18

Congratulations on what I assume is a recent acquisition, and welcome to the fun!

chiefopw

You're right--it's the 30a circuit breaker. Rechecked the ground and it seems to be OK.
chiefopw

chiefopw

You are right on the money. I had not even noticed the rocker switch you refer to and once I put things back together that shouldn't have come apart and pushed the rocker switch, well, shoot, there's nothing to this game when you know what you're doing. Thanks much for the info and the link. . .
chiefopow

SI67

Reminds of one of the chapter titles in John Brunner's science fiction classic "Stand on Zanzibar":

It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.