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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 10:34 AM
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battery question
I was disconnecting the negative cable from my battery this morning and the drivers side headlight motor started spinning, is this normal for cars with flip up lights cuz this never happened with my montero.
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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No, that is not normal. I believe the '87 models still had the multiple relay control scheme for the headlight doors. The problem may be in the motor end switch (torque actuated).
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Old Dec 10, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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how would I go about correcting this?
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Old Dec 11, 2005 | 01:32 PM
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Perform a using the terms "headlight" "motor" and "switch". You should turn up a lot of information.
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