My headlights wouldn't go up so I called my mechanic and he said that I could just crank them up manually. That does not work, what is wrong with them. This blond is getting ticked at this car!

 

There's a vendor here (I think) that makes a $20'ish kit to fix this. There are a couple of parts inside that wear out and cause what you are experiencing. It's common and an easy fix.

Click on some of the vendor logos on the right of your screen and look for headlight parts and you'll see the kit to fix this.

 

Take a look at
www.topdownsolutions.com

He has alot of 3rd gen parts.

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www.Top-DownSolutions.com

Member
lonsal
is the owner

 

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I have this very same problem on my '85 T/A. The headlights go up and down just fine with the switch but not manually with the ****.

 

I'm I to understand that I am UNABLE to drive this at night until I get them fixed? So if a gear goes out so they will not go up and down by the switch what the heck good is the **** to manually do it! OK I know their could be electric problems.....but still, come on!

 

i fixed mine with rubber hose. but before that i had to turn the stupid things forever to get them up.

 

Those ***** are junk by now (stripped out). Pull them off and use a pair of pliers on the shaft underneath. Oh, and then unplug the motors to keep them from coming back down (if they're going to) when you turn the lights off the first time. :edit: And don't worry that not having the ***** is going to hurt the motors. I never knew there were ***** on the motors until I bought a used one due to the issue mentioned below, and never had a problem with the motors working in the 8 years I've had my car (except for those plastic bushing things breaking).

Be warned that if the motors need to be rebuilt that the screws holding the motor together (3 in the side housing and 2 on the motor can at the top) most likely will break. If not, use anti-seize to prevent this in the future.

 

I used the top down solutions parts / fix and they are new again... the pieces the round bushings they replaced had long dried up and turned to powder (you'll find plenty inside the motor)... but after fix, better than new...

Rafael

 

Thanx guys, I LOVE DRIVING this car, but its got little things that r driving me nuts! p.s. "I look real good in that car", oh thats a quote...lol....