:rant: OK, here's the deal. Since the headlights in my 87 Coupe did not rotate, I did extensive testing as per forum member's recommendations. Found BOTH motors were damaged. They were in a really crappy condition since water somehow entered them. So I went to a local GM parts distributor and ordered the upgrade kit (like the one Mid America sells) to use 1988-90 motors. The 1984-87 motors are relay-driven (3 relays). 1988-90 motors are driven by a module. I read the instructions TWICE before begining the installation. The relays were eliminated as per the instruction manual, all splices were checked twice against the instructions, all work done with the battery disconnected. When finished, I turned the headlight ***** to manually close the headlights, connected the battery and turned on the lights. VOILA!!! The headlights opened. Nice, very nice. :mad But when I switched them off, the headlights turned off but THEY DID NOT CLOSE!! :confused: :confused: So I disconnected the battery and rechecked all the connections and splices to make sure they were tight and correct according to the manual. They still open but do not close.

Any forum member tried this conversion kit? How can I trouble shoot this problem? Please help. This kit costs almost $600 and my car still looks the same wit the lights popped open. :cry :cry :cry

 

I deserve a kick in the n**s and also a whack on my head. I always say that I'm Mechanically inclined but when it comes to a car's elctric/electronic systems I'M really dumb .

Today, after posting the half-assed post above, I assembled the headlight with the covers and started aligning the left side assembly. Then I realized that the head light connector that feeds electric current to the headlight was off. So I connected it and gave it another try. VOILÁ!!!!!!! BOTH sides opened and closed correctly. I could not beleive it. It seems, and my experience confirms it, that in order to close, the headlight has to be ON and then OFF. Apparently, it sends a signal to the module that tells it to close. I thought that signal was sent by the switch position.

Sorry for the inconvinience. You can all put away your manuals until the next time I goof off.

Really, owning a Corvette is a learning experience.

Now I can go have a beer and party.

The wife will be happy since it really was her idea of fixing the headlights and yesterday she came from work and found me ROYALLY PISSED OFF.

So the almost $600 spent, was well spent. Now, all I have to see is what else breaks down. :D :lolg: :party:

 

That just sucks !!!!! BTDT however.

 

One of the best parts of this forum is learning from others' personal experiences. Whether good or bad, we all can learn from the experiences of others.

Thanks for sharing. I guarantee you someone out there will print this out as they are having similar issues.

Long live this forum! :yesnod:

 

Glad you are working now. However the light connection has nothing to do with the motors or controller. I have a diagram of both systems here:
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bla....src=ph&.view=

As you can see, no inputs from the lights. I have done this conversion without the kit and fabricated the connections using a used module from the salvage yard. I ran mine without the lights hooked up when testing them.

Sometimes the controller gets confused. You can cycle the lights down or up by going to the center position of the light switch and then back again.

Good job on getting the modification hooked up :thumbs: