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Feb 28, 2006 | 09:38 AM

98RedBird

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Headlight problems.....

After my car had been sitting all winter, i took it out last week and i noticed that the drivers side headlight did not want to come up when i turned the lights on, the passenger side is fine. so i turned the lights on and off a few times and then finally it popped up. but then when i turned the lights off, the passenger side went down and the drivers side just stayed up. i tried pushing it down a little but it wouldnt budge. and then as of last night it wont come up at all anymore..... initially i thought the motor was burned out, but it was kind of an intermittent problem before last night, and then i have searched and found that some people said that it could possibly be the gear inside. i dont want to buy a new motor because they are like $165 from GM and that is awfully expensive, i think. do you guys have any ideas on how to fix it, before i buy a new one. and is there any cheaper prices out there than $165? Thanks!

Feb 28, 2006 | 01:21 PM

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This happened to me twice within one year, so I converted to no flip up lights. I've had them on my car for almost three years, and haven't had one problem with them yet.

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Feb 28, 2006 | 01:55 PM

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I dont want to convert over because i dont have that much money to do that right now, i was just wondering if there was a cheaper fix that buying a new motor, or if anyone knew of someplace to buy one cheaper.

Feb 28, 2006 | 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by B-MAN

This happened to me twice within one year, so I converted to no flip up lights. I've had them on my car for almost three years, and haven't had one problem with them yet.

Ooooh...nifty...

How much do those cost, and are they hard to install?

Feb 28, 2006 | 02:40 PM

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98RedBird, there is a thread that I saw not more than two days ago about how to get your lights fixed for free. Ican't remeber where I read it though. Lok around LS1 tech, it's in here somewhere.

Ice Knight, you can buy them at www.breathlessperformance.com
I love thesae lights.

Feb 28, 2006 | 09:38 PM

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Its one of the FAQs over in the "Pontiac Firebird 1967-2002" section:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-firebird-1967-2002/177470-firebird-headlights-all-comments-questions-regarding-headlights-go-here.html

Feb 28, 2006 | 10:56 PM

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thanks, but i've already read through all of that material.... i was messing with it tonight and i can manually turn the gear, so, it's not the nylon gear on the inside... i also checked power and the motor is receiving 11.94V(when the voltmeter is attatched from the power wire to a known good ground) but when i test across the load the voltage drops to .01V. that seems awfully low almost like i have a bad ground. and the motor turned on tonight out of the blue, and just started rotating and sounded fine.. so i dont think the motor is burned up either... i think it might be a bad ground. what do you guys think?