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Headlights
Repost from General, hoiping to get more help here. TIA 
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Headlights
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I skimmed through the tech tips already, but I'll ask you anyway
I posted a few days ago about my recent problems. Number one right now are the headlights. Neither of them come up, at least not on a regular basis (the passenger side started working again and then quit). The tech tip on the bushings said that the motor would continue to run, mine doed not. The headlights both start to move (maybe a half inch) and then stop, along with the motors. The driver's said has done this before, quite a while back, but it started working again and hasn't been an issue again until now. It has been fairly cold this winter, but nowhere near as cold as many of you experience (occasionally down in the 30's over night). Are there any adjustments or lube points or anything like that? Could it still be the bushings or maybe the motors themselves?
Next task: Seat belts... (the driver's side doesn't come out without manually moving the release) But that's a whole nother topic for a later date.
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how about pointing me in the right direction in the helms manual, I've been looking through it and found headlights in the electrical sections, but they work fine, it's the motors I need to find.
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I skimmed through the tech tips already, but I'll ask you anyway
I posted a few days ago about my recent problems. Number one right now are the headlights. Neither of them come up, at least not on a regular basis (the passenger side started working again and then quit). The tech tip on the bushings said that the motor would continue to run, mine doed not. The headlights both start to move (maybe a half inch) and then stop, along with the motors. The driver's said has done this before, quite a while back, but it started working again and hasn't been an issue again until now. It has been fairly cold this winter, but nowhere near as cold as many of you experience (occasionally down in the 30's over night). Are there any adjustments or lube points or anything like that? Could it still be the bushings or maybe the motors themselves?
Next task: Seat belts... (the driver's side doesn't come out without manually moving the release) But that's a whole nother topic for a later date.
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how about pointing me in the right direction in the helms manual, I've been looking through it and found headlights in the electrical sections, but they work fine, it's the motors I need to find.
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I'll jump in here and give an opinion baased on my experience....it is the gears in both of your h/light motors.
They are readiliy avail. and not expensive, but a bit of APIA to fit, as you need to disassemble much of the assembly...
If you need to drive the car until you get the parts and fix it permanently, you can manually wind the motors up, then disconnect the grey elec. plugs. This way the lights are up and you can turn the lamps on and off without the motors moving...Hope this helps..
They are readiliy avail. and not expensive, but a bit of APIA to fit, as you need to disassemble much of the assembly...
If you need to drive the car until you get the parts and fix it permanently, you can manually wind the motors up, then disconnect the grey elec. plugs. This way the lights are up and you can turn the lamps on and off without the motors moving...Hope this helps..
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From: Behind The Redwood Curtain, The State of Jefferson
Originally Posted by CorvAdel
I'll jump in here and give an opinion baased on my experience....it is the gears in both of your h/light motors.
They are readiliy avail. and not expensive, but a bit of APIA to fit, as you need to disassemble much of the assembly...
If you need to drive the car until you get the parts and fix it permanently, you can manually wind the motors up, then disconnect the grey elec. plugs. This way the lights are up and you can turn the lamps on and off without the motors moving...Hope this helps..
They are readiliy avail. and not expensive, but a bit of APIA to fit, as you need to disassemble much of the assembly...
If you need to drive the car until you get the parts and fix it permanently, you can manually wind the motors up, then disconnect the grey elec. plugs. This way the lights are up and you can turn the lamps on and off without the motors moving...Hope this helps..
btw- I found what I was looking for in the supplemental service manual.
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Originally Posted by guyjay777
92 blk LT1 auto 71k...my headlights click after they go down..is it the motor too...did yours click before they stopped working?
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Originally Posted by guyjay777
92 blk LT1 auto 71k...my headlights click after they go down..is it the motor too...did yours click before they stopped working?
Get the bushings from Eckler's, MAM, or Corvette Central or at Home Depot by asking them for item number 595609. They run about .69 cents for a pack of three. You'll need 6 to repair both lights.
Click the link below for install help. You can also search the C4 TechTips archives here for several excellent articles.
http://corvettefever.com/howto/33098/
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Originally Posted by PsychoNumber1
I saw the bushings on ebay for $1.99 for 6 the other day. I'll report back when I have some results for you guys. Thanks! 
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I thought that 84-87 have the gear problem and NO bushings 
Heres some info on the doors. By the sound of it, you may have already found it but others looking may benifit.
http://members.shaw.ca/dankai/Headlight%20Doors.pdf
Heres some info on the doors. By the sound of it, you may have already found it but others looking may benifit.
http://members.shaw.ca/dankai/Headlight%20Doors.pdf
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Originally Posted by VetNutJim
That's egzsactly what mine sounds like. But they still work...
Guess they will quit with a ker-chinka ker-chinka ker-chinka sound?
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From: Behind The Redwood Curtain, The State of Jefferson
Originally Posted by AGENT 86
I thought that 84-87 have the gear problem and NO bushings
Heres some info on the doors. By the sound of it, you may have already found it but others looking may benifit.
http://members.shaw.ca/dankai/Headlight%20Doors.pdf
Heres some info on the doors. By the sound of it, you may have already found it but others looking may benifit.
http://members.shaw.ca/dankai/Headlight%20Doors.pdf
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Originally Posted by PsychoNumber1
yeah, it seems that they have gears that fail. But when I was looking at MAM, they said early 87's, how can I tell if that's what I have?