2000Hawk

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About a couple months ago i installed the Brass gear on my drivers side and it workd fine. But after i installed the gear i noticed whenever i washed my car or it rained it would take a while before my drivers side headlight would go up. Now recently no matter what i do my drivers side light will not go up at all no matter how many times i turn the light activation switch. What should i do? So now at night i drive around with 1 headlight up and thats the passenger side and i can hardly see ****. And i don't have the money right now to buy a headlight motor.
-Joel

tuff

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Check the headlamp harness were they connect into a plug.Pull it apart and look for crossion thats were i had my problems.

2000Hawk

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What steps would i take if i find that the plugs are corroded?
-Joel

tuff

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Test light check for power on both sides of plug.I ended up cuting off the plug and just wiring it direct without plug.Usely when you dissconnect plug you will see a green crap in the plug.More than likey that will be your problem.

2000Hawk

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Alright then, thanks for your help.
-Joel

thebatman411

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I agree, this could be the problem. If you don't have a test light like I me then you can move the plugs to the direction where they would make contact with the other connector. I found the plug that was fried so I did the same, I made a straight connection using connectors that I bought from auto zone. Also make sure you didn't over tighten the nut that goes to the t-30 screw. You know the two screws that hold your headlight from the top. One time I changed out the plastic gear for the brass one, but over tightened that nut. By overtightening it, I stripped the brass gear because it was over working the gear, so becareful with that. That's probably why I fried one of the plugs. One time or another we all become headlight repair masters.