DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #108
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Another possiblity... I believe the headlight motor/gear assembly is the same as for the = windows (I've never had mine out, but it looks the same). Therefore is = has the same plastic gear which is subject to breakage in a manner which = jams the mechanism. Getting a brass gear from Hall and replacing the = broken plastic gear should do the trick if this is the problem. Craig Cline Oceanside Ca. '74 #7352 'da Green One -------------------------------------- Date: 4/14/97 11:04 PM To: Craig Cline From: David Doddek If you do not hear the relay click when the switch is pressed, then it = is possible that the switch itself is bad. If the relay clicks when the = switch is pressed, then do you hear the electric motor run on the lights. If = yoiu do then the gears are stripped. If you do not hear the motor run, then check either the switches on the gear actuator or the motor. Using a = meter, check the motor leads with the switch on. Should have 12 volts. If not, then check teh switch and wiring. If you have 12 volts at the motor, = then the moror is bad. The black knob will manually lift the lights, but it has to be turned = like 50 to 100 turns to raise them. It is enough to make you want to change = your moror quickly. Dave. >Hi everyone--this forum has been incredibly useful. I think you all >solve a lot of Pantera problems for all of the rest of us--especially >problems that we sort of grin and bear with and put out of mind. Then we = >browse these postings and there is the answer to a long standing Pantera = >problem. > >Headlights: mine simply quit working- I can see that the lights are in >fact on--they just don't come up at all any more. The knurled black knob = >near the drivers side front doesn't seem to do anything- maybe I'm too >weak to turn it-I'm 5'11" 230 lbs but I can't turn the knob! > >I bought a new relay from Gary Hall and installed it--no change. > >Where should I start to look? Headlight motor? wiring? Fuses all appear = >to be OK and the lights are on. Any ideas fellow Pantera owners? > > >P.S. I found the "fans" dialogue especially helpful. In addition >someone noted that pure antifreeze had less ability than the proper >antifreeze-water mix- how correct he was!! I seemed to have very low >oil pressure in my wife's 91 Mustang GT 5.0 convert when the note >appeared. I had simply added antifreeze when the "low coolant" idiot >light appeared---oil pressure stayed low. Last time I added water only- >overfow tank was close to empty--this cured the low oil pressure >problem! It is now back where it should be! So thanks to whoever noted >this- I'm fairly certain it was on Shawn's wgate page. > >to all: my thanks-- especially Shawn Ingate and Mike Drew--great help >and great answers. > >I have a teaching colleague who is a Vette fan--I printed out some of >the letters to Nobbie--especially "Buy a Vette and see the back end of a = >lot of Panteras"!! Loved it- still waiting for his answer! > >Regards > >Kirk Bailey >71 Red #1907 >Toronto, Canada > > David Doddek pantera@pobox.com www.pobox.com/~pantera = 217-422-3722 69 EFI Fairlane, 89 T-bird SC, 74 Twin turbo NOS EFI Pantera (I like to = go fast) ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by smtp.rc.trw.com with SMTP;14 Apr 1997 23:03:04 U Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tvol-gw.wgate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) = id BAA09966 for detomaso-outgoing; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:50:51 -0400 Received: from hj.tvol.com (hj.tvol.com [38.219.83.2]) by = tvol-gw.wgate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id BAA09962 for = <detomaso@tvol-gw.wgate.com>; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:50:47 -0400 Received: from wagner.mtco.com (wagner.mtco.com [206.102.132.4]) by = hj.tvol.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id BAA02471 for <detomaso@wgate.com>; = Tue, 15 Apr 1997 01:52:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 172-147-123.ipt.aol.com by wagner.mtco.com = (5.65v3.2/1.1.10.5/12Apr97-0332PM) id AA32295; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:51:35 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:51:35 -0500 Message-Id: <9704150551.AA32295@wagner.mtco.com> X-Sender: pantera@mail.mtco.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" To: detomaso@wgate.com From: pantera@pobox.com (David Doddek) Subject: Re: Pantera headlights Sender: owner-detomaso@wgate.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: pantera@pobox.com (David Doddek)