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Old Dec 27, 2024 | 01:13 AM
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I am deep into my 66 coupe body off restoration and just spent half a lifetime rebuilding the headlight buckets. I have them reinstalled now but no power to test the motors. Any ideas on how to wire up the system to see if everything works before I put the body back together?
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You just need a 12 volt battery. A car or lawn mower battery or even a battery form a portable tool will work. You hook the positive to the either blade at the connector and the ground to the case. One blade will make it spin one way and the other the opposite.
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Yep like he said power and a ground
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