DeTomaso Mailing List: March 98, Message #120
     



From: 	"Melton, Charles P" <charles.p.melton@lmco.com>

Subject: Headlight riser problem solved

Date: 	Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:00:17 +0000





	Jack helped me solve my headlight problem.  He's the story...



	The headlights stopped rising...leaving me pseudo-stuck at night.

	(OK not stuck, I taped a flashlight to each fender, but I got

	pulled over, anyway...But the cop was laughing too hard to

	write a ticket...so...I left him there...)



	What I could tell was that the motor gear was not making 

	correct contact with the gear of the headlight bar.  (A bar

	connects both headlight buckets)  The motor gear was not

	excessively worn, comparing to Jack's car...



	To start.....What we did was to lift the lights with the manual

knob.  



	[If you have not done this there is not much room for fat 

	hands like mine, AND it takes LOTS and LOTS of turns 

	to raise (or lower) the buckets...]



	Then I shoved the whole bucket assembly back to the left

	(driver's side) re-engaging the motor gear with the bar gear.



	(It had moved right about 1/4 inch)



	The bar gear was ever so slightly bent (compared to Jack's car)

	and thus, as it was used, it "walked" the bar towards the right

	side...until it dis-engaged from the motor gear.



Then we had to loosen the bucket mount nuts to adjust the bucket

so it would now fit in the hole.  Only the left side needed adjustment.



Now I can drive at night, without making the cops laugh.



I am mentioning this here, as Jack said he had not seen this problem

before...perhaps someone could benefit from our labours...and

     

                        Thanks Jack !



Chuck

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