Well, I've had some ongoing problems with one of my headlights for a few years now. Long story short...I bought a rebuilt one, but I suspect the rebuilder unintentionally may have sent me the same one back without rebuilding it. Tried to rebuild it myself, and I have a habit of detail cleaning anything I take off the car before putting it back in. It was probably so clean, the guy probably sent it back thinking he had rebuilt it. Anyway...got another one now, and I did get it to spin open once when I played with the connector some...so obviously I am now suspecting the connector. I know I should probably check continuity etc. but sometimes I get a little lost in the lingo and not sure what to do...so if anyone has advice in that manner, would you have it in a "for dummies" type of format?

On to my questions...

Does anyone sell the connectors themselves?

And...

Looking into the connector there are three pins on the male end connector from the motor itself. I sprayed some contact cleaner in there, and that's when I got it to spin...but only once. My eyesight isn't what it used to be, but on the pins in the connector, it looks like the pins themselves are two flat thin parts that are separated in the middle, but fused together on the end. The two pins on the outside look this way, but the center one looks as though they are separated on the end, and not fused together. Would this prevent it from functioning? I am thinking maybe I could just solder them together if that's the case.

Thanks for listening...

 

Early motors are very basic WeatherPack and the correct terminals and seals are available locally at most any fleet parts store or good automotive store. You should only need terminals, seals, a release tool and a quality crimper to repair.

This is how they're assembled:

http://www.wikihow.com/Assemble-Weather-Pack-Connectors

A local NAPA store might be the first place to look. Take your motor or just educate your self using various GOOGLE searches for WeatherPack terminals.

They're very simple!! Good exercise for your eyes!!

Terminals and seal information to maybe look over! Shop local!!!

http://www.whiteproducts.com/terminals-seals.shtml

 

Thanks for the info. I will look into that. Very good idea about just replacing the terminals. Do you know if those ends not being fused might be the problem? I could send it back for a replacement otherwise. Tricky thing...don't want to "tamper" with it if it's unlikely that's the problem. Thanks all the same though!

 

Thanks again for this awesome info. I learned something for sure!

 

If you've confirmed current flow to the connector on the "chassis side" and the only erratic behavior is caused by a "jiggle" of the wire on the motor side then I might be inclined to have a discussion with the seller. If a "jiggle" of the wire at the motor entry creates the erratic behavior for sure contact the seller.

Who was the seller?

 

It was actually rebuilt by someone on eBay. Will try to go through my records and emails. I finally got this done! Bought a $30 or so pair of crimping pliers, but they were pretty terrible! I didn't want to spend $80 plus for a set of good ones, so I just used the ones on my wire strippers. Took a while, but the results were not bad at all! Much better than the $30 set I bought, so I'm returning those. Anyway, just wanted to follow-up. In a reference to John Carpenter's "They Live"..."I have one that can see!" :-)