Manually lowering '69 headlights
07-25-2014, 09:05 PM
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Instructor
You can reach up from under the front and gentley pull and they will come down. Watch your hands once they start to come down the spring will pull them down quick.
07-25-2014, 09:05 PM
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[QUOTE=Army Vette;1587445791]Good day, assistance would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOT
If they are stuck up, take a finger and push here. they will go down. You can manually raise them by reaching underneath and simply pushing them up.
If they are stuck up, take a finger and push here. they will go down. You can manually raise them by reaching underneath and simply pushing them up.
07-25-2014, 09:12 PM
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Melting Slicks
[QUOTE=rajin cajin;1587446086]Good picture, I'd give that one 10,000 words!
07-25-2014, 09:18 PM
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My '68 project car has no properly operating headlight vacuum system.......so until I repair it, I lower each headlight assembly by reaching directly into the opening under the assembly with one hand and moving the two "arms" that hinge together while holding the cover with the other hand.
It takes a little bit of manipulation to learn how to cause the two arms to "unlock" and pivot so that the headlight assembly will lower into the closed position.....
Once I feel the assembly start to lower slightly, I hold the assembly with my "free hand" while removing my "busy hand" from the opening....then the assembly will close completely.
Try it a couple times until you learn how to make the two "arms" pivot so the assembly will lower.
It takes a little bit of manipulation to learn how to cause the two arms to "unlock" and pivot so that the headlight assembly will lower into the closed position.....
Once I feel the assembly start to lower slightly, I hold the assembly with my "free hand" while removing my "busy hand" from the opening....then the assembly will close completely.
Try it a couple times until you learn how to make the two "arms" pivot so the assembly will lower.
07-25-2014, 09:19 PM
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Doorgunner is too slow!
07-26-2014, 08:55 AM
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Hi,
Pulling the headlights down manually can be hard on the diaphragm in the actuator…. if you pull one of the hoses off the actuator it's easier on the diaphragm's seal.
Also, don't pull on the plastic headlight warning switch… it's right where you hand want's to grab, it's fragile and very easy to break off.
Regards,
Alan
Pulling the headlights down manually can be hard on the diaphragm in the actuator…. if you pull one of the hoses off the actuator it's easier on the diaphragm's seal.
Also, don't pull on the plastic headlight warning switch… it's right where you hand want's to grab, it's fragile and very easy to break off.
Regards,
Alan
Last edited by Alan 71; 07-26-2014 at 09:02 AM.
07-26-2014, 10:45 AM
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Hi,
Pulling the headlights down manually can be hard on the diaphragm in the actuator…. if you pull one of the hoses off the actuator it's easier on the diaphragm's seal.
Also, don't pull on the plastic headlight warning switch… it's right where you hand want's to grab, it's fragile and very easy to break off.
Regards,
Alan
Pulling the headlights down manually can be hard on the diaphragm in the actuator…. if you pull one of the hoses off the actuator it's easier on the diaphragm's seal.
Also, don't pull on the plastic headlight warning switch… it's right where you hand want's to grab, it's fragile and very easy to break off.
Regards,
Alan
... You can eat off that. I'm going to have to take my picture down. 