Headlight Issue
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From: Huntington Beach California
Headlight Issue
LH headlight is intermittantly staying up with the lights off. A couple of cycles of the switch & it goes down. The enclosure is very loose when up (with the RH retracted), then tightens up with both up.
Does this sound like the bushing thing?
'90 Coupe, 54,000 miles.
Thanks.
Does this sound like the bushing thing?
'90 Coupe, 54,000 miles.
Thanks.
Melting Slicks
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From: Austin Texas
The symptoms of bad bushings is usually a run on of the motor after the light assembly has reached it's full "open" or "close" position. Your symptom sounds more like a stripped or flat spot on the nylon gear.
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Might as well replace both the main gear AND the bushings, then after you get it all cracked open. It's a fairly labor-intensive job, one you DON'T relish doing in another 10 years.
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