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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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Can anyone tell me were the headlight motor relay and solenoid is on a 1987 coupe manual????
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Can anyone tell me were the headlight motor relay and solenoid is on a 1987 coupe manual????

Found in the FSM.
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Found in the FSM.
FSM?
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Originally Posted by cemittar
FSM?
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Manual

That is the 'bible' for fixing your own vette, also called the Helms manual. I can't help as mine is 95 and wiring is different. Try a search in the tech help section here. Good luck with it.
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I didnt know there was a solenoid for the headlights, but the relay is located on the driver side next to the fender. If you follow the wiring harness from the headlights you'll find all of them on that side.
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Originally Posted by cemittar
Can anyone tell me were the headlight motor relay and solenoid is on a 1987 coupe manual????
Don't know about a solenoid, but there are I believe 3 relays mounted together on the left inner fender towards the front. There might be a cover over them. Mine are out in the open but I see a small hole where there might have been a screw holding on a cover. Car was 17 years old when I bought it so I never know what's supposed to be what for sure.

What problem are you having?
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Originally Posted by newbecorvetteguy
Don't know about a solenoid, but there are I believe 3 relays mounted together on the left inner fender towards the front. There might be a cover over them. Mine are out in the open but I see a small hole where there might have been a screw holding on a cover. Car was 17 years old when I bought it so I never know what's supposed to be what for sure.

What problem are you having?
I swaped from EFI to carb and the guy that bought my ECM wanted the harness to go with it (all of it) so I pulled EVERYTING out. Now I gotta wire everything myself. I got everything to work except getting the headlights to open and close with out having to do a bunch of CRAZY wiring.
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