On my car, when i put the headlights up, the driver side goes up, but the passenger side does not. Hoew ever, if i crank it up by hand and close both of them by the switch, they both close. Both lights work.
Thanx

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1984 Trans Am Coupe
700-R4 Tranny
Mods:
K&N
Rebuilt carb
Rebuilt heads
3" Mandrel Exhaust
Hooker Headers
Lunati Cam
1" Lowering Springs
Clarion CD
Kicker Speakers
2 MTX 4000
Pearl White Paint

"Live It To The Last"

 

Try this: locate the relays for each headlight, there's one on each fenderwall, above the charcoal canister and above the battery. Swap 'em, see if the driver's side acts like the passenger side & vice-versa. One may just have a contact gone bad.

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DR Stevens
Car #1: my ride
1984 TransAm
305HO(L69) 96K & counting
750 cfm Q-Jet/Holley rem.
K&N filter
700R4/Superior shift-kit
and trans cooler
3.42 rear/3.73 blew up!!
underdrive pulleys
Accel HEI Super-Coil
180 stat/hi flow water
pump/Jet fan switch
dual snorkel/'84 cowl
3" exhaust of some sort
partial emissions delete
Car #2: My wife's ride
1991 Firebird/Formula
305TBI(LO3) 99K & smoking
K&N air filter
Hypertech Chip
more engine mods later
"Hey, Uncle Sam!! Where's my f**king tax return??!!"

 

Hey, I had this problem on my 87 cuz the previous owner hit an owl with the driver side light or something and it quit so I just ran some wires from the working passenger side to the left after replacing the bezel of course and it worked like new instead of replacing the 130$ relay for them...

 

The relays are only a couple bux. The motors are expensive, but you can fix them yourself if they go (turn the plastic gear inside so the unused area is actuating them)


Gotta watch for 'dem damn owls!!!


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'88 Camaro RS 2.8L
'88 Formula 350 (Too many mods to list...)

 

hey,how hard is it to take out those headlight motors anyways?and does anyone know how hard it is to fix the headlight assembly itself.thanks,Al in NJ

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hey, i have the same problem... can anyone tell me the part numbers for the isolation relay and the actuator relays? The previous owner put a camaros wiring harness on it so it doesnt have anything to turn the lights up and down (exept for the actuators which arent hooked up). Thanks

 

Just changed my passenger side assembly recently as a matter of fact!! The assembly and motor are attached so it all comes out in one piece...as long as you don't take the motor bolts loose!! It took me about 30 minutes or so to take out the old one....mainly because I didn't know what I was doin'!! But to put the new assembly back in only took me about 15-20 minutes!! The new assembly was off an older firebird so I had to adjust it a bit but the whole swap out was fairly easy!! It's not one of those projects that you wish you woulda never started and will never do again!! I'd do it again!!

 

Thanks a lot man.So does anyone have any pics of what everything looks like once pulled apart so i know what i might be dealing with..lol..Thanks,Al in NJ

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Steve

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This link may be of some help to headlight re-pairees:

http://members.tripod.com/FieroDough/hedlight2.htm