Headlight issues
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Headlight issues
I know the plastic gears are known to give out on these lights. My headlights move up and down however, the headlight motor doesn't seem to know when to stop. The lights continue to jitter for a few seconds after completing the operation... both going up and down. Here is a short video clip of what I'm trying to describe.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...625_220432.mp4
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...625_220432.mp4
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I know the plastic gears are known to give out on these lights. My headlights move up and down however, the headlight motor doesn't seem to know when to stop. The lights continue to jitter for a few seconds after completing the operation... both going up and down. Here is a short video clip of what I'm trying to describe.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...625_220432.mp4
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...625_220432.mp4
Last edited by Sassman; Jun 26, 2014 at 02:28 PM. Reason: info
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From: Lawrenceville GA 770-978-0803
Assuming your Vette is an 88-96, this should take care of the problem. You will need one for each light.
http://www.fullthrottlecorvette.com/...f3_p_1866.html
http://www.fullthrottlecorvette.com/...f3_p_1866.html
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I (think I) have the same problem too
What I don't understand is; Why does my Gauges fuse blow when the h/light motor keeps trying to turn the headlights over?
If I bought n installed new plastic gears, are you all sure that this would fix my problem?
Please help. This is my last major problem I have left.. and it gets dark here at 5-ish pm these days.
If I bought n installed new plastic gears, are you all sure that this would fix my problem?
Please help. This is my last major problem I have left.. and it gets dark here at 5-ish pm these days.
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It may not be a gear problem, I just went through replacing mine and after I was all done with new gear/bushings same problem exist! Just posted about it recently here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...post1587213640
I haven't had a chance to troubleshoot it further, but hope to try the troubleshooting tip one member suggested.
I haven't had a chance to troubleshoot it further, but hope to try the troubleshooting tip one member suggested.
Last edited by bac22; Jun 27, 2014 at 10:00 AM.
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Do you think my problem could be a kinked h/light fusible link by the battery? It only started playing up after I done my eng.conversion and mate fooled around with the epicly stupid junction block.
(I should've started my own headlight thread when I first signed up. Now I feel it's too late because there are other recent threads with similar/same problems + I don't want to hijack this guys thread)
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It may not be a gear problem, I just went through replacing mine and after I was all done with new gear/bushings same problem exist! Just posted about it recently here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...post1587213640
I haven't had a chance to troubleshoot it further, but hope to try the troubleshooting tip one member suggested.
I haven't had a chance to troubleshoot it further, but hope to try the troubleshooting tip one member suggested.
- Why did you think you would/could fix your problem with new gears when your old gears seemed fine?