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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 01:16 AM
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hey is there anyone that can give me a complete step-by-step rundown of how to fix the lights when they get stuck and will not retract. Thanks!
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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 07:46 AM
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this should help.......

http://www.corvette-101.com/
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Originally Posted by Lejeune_Marine
hey is there anyone that can give me a complete step-by-step rundown of how to fix the lights when they get stuck and will not retract. Thanks!
Not sure what year you have, but my 80 has a manual cutoff switch that keeps the headlight doors from retracting when you turn off the lights. It is located directly under the steering wheel, on the bottom of the dash.

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Old Aug 5, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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They came up and you just want to drop them manually?? DON'T do it by pushing the doors from the top.

The complicated-looking mess below is your light assembly (well it's mine and it's out of the car and sitting upside-down on my BBQ but whatever...)

See the two sets of springs and where they're hooked? If you reach from UNDER your car and pull down on joint/thing where the top springs are in my pic your lights will go back down and probably stay there till you put them back up.



if you really want to fix it properly then corvette101 is correct

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