Head light problem
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Head light problem
On my C4 the left head light makes a clicking noise when it reaches he top, coming from the motor. I stops clicking after about 8-10 clicks. And the clicks repeat when It door goes to the close position. The right light does not open. That might be a bad motor. Can anyone give me some tips on the clicking and how to check the right motor.
Max
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Not sure what year your car is but my 93 did pretty much the same thing and I replaced the three bushings in both sides and that solved the problem. The headlight thats not going up could be the motor but you should be able to tell if the motor is running or not. If it is and not flipping up then it could be the gears or the bushings. On my car there was a pile of white dust under each headlight and that was the old bushings disintegrating into powder. Pulling the headlight buckets out for a fix isn't a big job but it does take a little time the first time you do it.
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On my C4 the left head light makes a clicking noise when it reaches he top, coming from the motor. I stops clicking after about 8-10 clicks. And the clicks repeat when It door goes to the close position. The right light does not open. That might be a bad motor. Can anyone give me some tips on the clicking and how to check the right motor.
Max
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joe
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Hi
Thank you for your help. My car is a 1991. It had been hit in the front and the entire front end was replace. Since then the left light has always clicked. sometimes it even get hung up. I will open up the buckets and examine the gears. Thank you. Are the bushings where did you get the bushings to do your repair????
Thank you for your help. My car is a 1991. It had been hit in the front and the entire front end was replace. Since then the left light has always clicked. sometimes it even get hung up. I will open up the buckets and examine the gears. Thank you. Are the bushings where did you get the bushings to do your repair????
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Here is the sticky. https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti....php?TopicID=2 Sorry I didn't have time to look for the video.
Here is the pictorial:http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/33098/index.html
Here is the pictorial:http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/33098/index.html
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Burning Brakes
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http://home.comcast.net/~zrjuan/headlight.html
that was not joe, another member, junior!
got mine from echler's. these are plastic pcs that have $.02 of plastic but are correct dimensions.
# 3069987278 is a partial HD number. might have a couple zeros in front. also advance auto has them under "ford pwr window bushings." apparently just a common bushing in car industry.
joe
read all the posts that are sent, someone has the info.
that was not joe, another member, junior!
got mine from echler's. these are plastic pcs that have $.02 of plastic but are correct dimensions.
# 3069987278 is a partial HD number. might have a couple zeros in front. also advance auto has them under "ford pwr window bushings." apparently just a common bushing in car industry.
joe
read all the posts that are sent, someone has the info.
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On my C4 the left head light makes a clicking noise when it reaches he top, coming from the motor. I stops clicking after about 8-10 clicks. And the clicks repeat when It door goes to the close position. The right light does not open. That might be a bad motor. Can anyone give me some tips on the clicking and how to check the right motor.
Max
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Just eplaced plastic gears and bushing on my 89. I removed the whole light unit on both sides. first one took about four hrs, second one took 40 minutes, piece of cake, got everything from ecklers.
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Hi Joe,
This is Maxo, once again you gave me a thread from a guy who posted the pictures of how to replace the headlight bushings. I was wondering if you could be so kind to take the time once more to resend it to me. I checked on the sticky you forwarded but the head light replacement is not there or I dont seem to find it. It's winter and I plan to tear into the headlights and replace the bushings and or gears. Your help is appreciated.
Maxo
This is Maxo, once again you gave me a thread from a guy who posted the pictures of how to replace the headlight bushings. I was wondering if you could be so kind to take the time once more to resend it to me. I checked on the sticky you forwarded but the head light replacement is not there or I dont seem to find it. It's winter and I plan to tear into the headlights and replace the bushings and or gears. Your help is appreciated.
Maxo
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