farva

So, after narrowing things down with the help of the stickied thread on headlight repair and extensive research across the board i felt satisfied that i had used everyones information without having to start another pointless thread with the headlight repair topic.
I got into the relay switch box only to find this.......




All of the wiring looks like it has been covered in molasses! What is this? anyone ever seen or heard of this? I spent like an hour and a half taking each wire and connector out of the switches and cleaning them and now i do not even have power going to the headlight motor i was having problems with. THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS THE MOTOR CONSTANTLY TRYING TO RUN. AFTER SOME FIDGETING THE MOTOR WOULD RUN AND STOP LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO. NOW THE MOTOR HAS NO RESPONSE. AAAAH! I am soooo over these headlight issues but want so bad for my headlights to rotate and work.

PLEASE HELP!

jfb

Usually the mess you have is caused by connection resistance in the socket the relay plugs into. Headlight motor current is high enough to cause high temperatures at the poor connection which burns the plastic in the socket. This can also happen when the relay contacts get worn down so far that they make a resistance connection and won't pass enough current to allow the headlight motor to shut off and the heat at the bad relay contacts is conducted to the socket pins and this burns the plastic and wire insulation. One cure is to install a new socket and relay.

farva

i would gladly purchase a new wiring and plug kit if i could find one. I have been searching since last night and can not find anything new or used. i am freaking out.

aminnich

Try 'vette2vette.com' for a used one.

hooked073

From the pictures it does not look like you have anything melted. The black molassas stuff you are seeing is a grease and protectent that many manufactures used durning assembly. Over time it gets real gummy and sticky. Get your self some carb cleaner and clean everything up. You should be fine. If you find a connector briken ect they are readly advalible. I think STD produckts still makes the pigtails you are looking for. But I would clean uo what you have ade see how it goes.

jimmypodunk

http://www.acdelcotechconnect.com/pi...s/gm/pigtails/ This website is useful for identifying the connector you may need. I'm in same boat.

vetteoz

02-24-2011

Hopefully the OP has sorted out his problem by now

Cliff Harris

Since this is an old thread, just for reference: the "gunk" is dielectric grease. It needs to be there to keep the connectors waterproof and prevent corrosion of the connector contacts.

Around 1989 or so GM switched to sealed connectors that no longer have the problem.