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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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I pulled my headlight up to look at it, now the darn thing wont go down. Car has no engine,electrical or vacuum. Is there a manual way to crank this sucker down? I dont want to whack it putting the new engine in!! PS. Its a 71 coupe
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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Get a Mighty-Vac or other vacuum source and plumb directly to the actuator.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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Just reach up under and look at the hinge mechanism. You will see it has a "knee" action. Just push on the "knee" and it will relaese and then you can put the headlight down. Very easy once you have done this.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Gordonm
Just reach up under and look at the hinge mechanism. You will see it has a "knee" action. Just push on the "knee" and it will relaese and then you can put the headlight down. Very easy once you have done this.


Been there, done that. Not a big deal

Good luck.
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You can see the knee is going in the open direction in this pic. Hope this helps.
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Worked like a charm! Thanks!
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