I have had my drivers side headlight not working for a while now. Never ever heard any grinding noise or anything like that it just stopped working. I have had to manually raise and lower it.

I bought and installed the HID kit from NTRBUL (LOVE IT BTW). I thought while I had the lights all apart from that install I would look into why my drivers headlight was not working.

I ordered and received the rebuild kit for both of my headlights from Rodney Dickman. I just dismantled the drivers motor and did NOT find that the plastic gear was broken or stripped or any plastic shavings in the housing at all.

I installed new parts/grease and reinstalled the motor and housing and bulbs etc. It still DOES NOT work.

Any thoughts on what to do next? I did at a point earlier disassemble the manual **** and noticed the little spring loaded cubed ends to the two wires were a bit rounded out in the middle where they make contact to the ball of copper but it looked to be a normal situation for a car with 56K on it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

You could try doing the TSB mod. Its normally for a light that wont stay down but I guess it could work the other way round. And the parts are cheap

Worth a try

Number: 00-08-42-002
Subject: Left Headlamp Door Does Not Stay Closed (Shim Headlamp Door Motor/Actuator and Replace Insulators)
Model Year: 2000 Chevrolet Corvette
Condition
Some customers may comment that the left front headlamp door does not remain closed after the headlamps are turned off. Others may comment
that the left headlamp door closes when the headlamps are turned off, but then reopens. In either case, the right headlamp door operates properly.
Correction
Important
The following information applies to the left front headlamp door motor/actuator only. It does not apply to and should not be performed on
the right front headlamp door motor/actuator.



Install one washer (2) between the left headlamp door motor/actuator (1) and the mounting bracket (3) at each of the three attaching bolt locations. Also replace the
insulator (4) on each of the two mounting bracket travel stop tabs (5) as shown. For information on headlamp motor/actuator removal, see the Headlamp Motor/Actuator
Replacement procedure in the Lighting sub-section of Body & Accessories in the appropriate Service Manual.
Parts Information
Part Number Description Qty Per Vehicle
11505463 Washer 3
16524060 Insulator 2

 

Thanx! Anyone else?