66 Headlamp motor problems.
Tech Contributor
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 15,576
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From: Conroe Texas
Then I just visualized where things were and worked by feel.
I posted these instructions for a member yesterday, perhaps they will assist you as well.
1) Remove the wiring (off-white connector) from the motor by pulling straight out. This photo shows the passenger side motor.
2) Remove the small screw on the support bracket, shown in the photo above holding on a ground wire, and remove the bracket from the car. The other end you can see just slips into a rubber grommet - although in this photo it's almost out of that grommet.
3) Remove the clip (circled in red) that locates the motor on the bucket shaft. This clip is normally shaped more like a bobby pin, but in this photo it's an "e" clip. This photo shows the driver's side motor.
4) Pull the headlight motor straight away from the bucket and off the shaft. Remove it from the car by lifting the hood over center and snaking the motor out through the gap between the nose and the hood.
And then if you need info on how to rebuild them once they are out, go here:
http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...%20Rebuild.pdf
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 67
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From: Rowayton CT
First I put a small mirror down in the nose of the car so that I could look down at it and see the motors in the reflection.
Then I just visualized where things were and worked by feel.
I posted these instructions for a member yesterday, perhaps they will assist you as well.
1) Remove the wiring (off-white connector) from the motor by pulling straight out. This photo shows the passenger side motor.
2) Remove the small screw on the support bracket, shown in the photo above holding on a ground wire, and remove the bracket from the car. The other end you can see just slips into a rubber grommet - although in this photo it's almost out of that grommet.
3) Remove the clip (circled in red) that locates the motor on the bucket shaft. This clip is normally shaped more like a bobby pin, but in this photo it's an "e" clip. This photo shows the driver's side motor.
4) Pull the headlight motor straight away from the bucket and off the shaft. Remove it from the car by lifting the hood over center and snaking the motor out through the gap between the nose and the hood.
And then if you need info on how to rebuild them once they are out, go here:
http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...%20Rebuild.pdf
Then I just visualized where things were and worked by feel.
I posted these instructions for a member yesterday, perhaps they will assist you as well.
1) Remove the wiring (off-white connector) from the motor by pulling straight out. This photo shows the passenger side motor.
2) Remove the small screw on the support bracket, shown in the photo above holding on a ground wire, and remove the bracket from the car. The other end you can see just slips into a rubber grommet - although in this photo it's almost out of that grommet.
3) Remove the clip (circled in red) that locates the motor on the bucket shaft. This clip is normally shaped more like a bobby pin, but in this photo it's an "e" clip. This photo shows the driver's side motor.
4) Pull the headlight motor straight away from the bucket and off the shaft. Remove it from the car by lifting the hood over center and snaking the motor out through the gap between the nose and the hood.
And then if you need info on how to rebuild them once they are out, go here:
http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...%20Rebuild.pdf
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From: 50 kilometers outside Oslo Norway
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Army
Once installed, though the lights work magically. Snap up in unison and shut just as quickly. The kit is beautifully designed and thought out and worth the cost/effort if your old motors are kaput.
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Joined: May 2012
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From: APO AE
Wow... this actually worked! Got my right side working... it wasn't before. Now it makes the working good side look like a sloth!
Took about an hour to get it out and apart, cleaned and back together. Then it took another 30 minutes to get it back in.
ughhh.
I was almost, just about, ready to take the hood off to get it back in. Then I thought that the motor "slot" where the headlight bucket arm enters the motor may have gotten turned... so I opened the headlight bucket and it slipped in in about 10 seconds.
I'll do the other one "later"... bigger fish to fry before my German inspection.
Cheers!
Took about an hour to get it out and apart, cleaned and back together. Then it took another 30 minutes to get it back in.
ughhh.
I was almost, just about, ready to take the hood off to get it back in. Then I thought that the motor "slot" where the headlight bucket arm enters the motor may have gotten turned... so I opened the headlight bucket and it slipped in in about 10 seconds.
I'll do the other one "later"... bigger fish to fry before my German inspection.
Cheers!
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 129
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St. Jude Donor '21
Brake cleaner, not brake fluid.
If you choose to pull them and look into this yourself, here's an article telling you how. I went from 2 non-functional motors, to 2 working motors in a matter of hours by simply following the instructions in this link:
http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...%20Rebuild.pdf
If you choose to pull them and look into this yourself, here's an article telling you how. I went from 2 non-functional motors, to 2 working motors in a matter of hours by simply following the instructions in this link:
http://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_...%20Rebuild.pdf
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