Another Headlight issue
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Another Headlight issue
Per Corvette-101.com instruction and diagram. Hoses are fairly new. Connections are good. Line pressure is good.
Situation - Left headlight opens/closes perfectly fine. Right Headlight is stuck in the open position and will not go down.
Trending - Over the past three weeks the right head lamp has delayed much longer too open and close.
Solution - Common sense has led me to believe it is the actuator or relay.
Anyone want to chime in and agree or no? Thanks!
1972 LS5:
Situation - Left headlight opens/closes perfectly fine. Right Headlight is stuck in the open position and will not go down.
Trending - Over the past three weeks the right head lamp has delayed much longer too open and close.
Solution - Common sense has led me to believe it is the actuator or relay.
Anyone want to chime in and agree or no? Thanks!
1972 LS5:
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Hi V,
Have you reached the mechanism from underneath to try opening and closing the headlight by hand?
Is it possible that it's gotten 'locked' in the open position because the 'knee' is out of adjustment?
You can pull down on the 'pin' the 4 springs fasten to in order to close the door. The 'pin' is in the center of this picture. Don't pull on the plastic switch; it's pretty fragile.
Once you free it to move perhaps you'll be able to determine the problem.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
Have you reached the mechanism from underneath to try opening and closing the headlight by hand?
Is it possible that it's gotten 'locked' in the open position because the 'knee' is out of adjustment?
You can pull down on the 'pin' the 4 springs fasten to in order to close the door. The 'pin' is in the center of this picture. Don't pull on the plastic switch; it's pretty fragile.
Once you free it to move perhaps you'll be able to determine the problem.
Good Luck!
Regards,
Alan
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From: Omaha NE
ok that worked..it was stuck...the actuators are still very slow and out of sequence. Not that is any surprise but perhaps changing the actuator seals may assist in there struggles...Thanks very much
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