[DeTomaso] electrical help

[forestg at att.net]

Not to oversimplify things but based on your description of operation all you need to do is reverse the two connections going to the lift motor. All the relay does is reverse the polarity to the motor.
 -------------- Original message from Justin Greisberg <justingreisberg at hotmail.com>: --------------


> i am finally getting close to getting my 74 GTS to run, so I put a battery in 
> and tried out the wiring -- some things actually worked!
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> big headlight problem - the headlight swtch properly works the parking and head lights themselves, but the headlight motor puts them down when on, and raises them when off (opposite what is supposed to happen).   I am pretty sure the problem is in the headlight relay, which was all messed up when I got the car.  Itried to rewire based on the wiring diagram schematic, but it seems I crossed a 
> wire.  Any suggestions to fix this easily?
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> by the way, for those interested, I have some interesting things in this car if it ever gets running.  I am running chi 3v 185 heads and intake put together with roller cam by dave storlein in MN.  bored the stock 4 bolt block .010 over to maximize cylinder wall and put the engine together myself.  a bunch of oiling mods from the guys over at cleveland engine forum.  i am using retrotek 
> powerjection throttle body EFI - not too expensive, and allows much easier 
> tuning than carb.  should run well if nothing goes wrong.  (redline synthetic ZF 
> lube is already slowly oozing out of trans and has never even been driven!)  put 
> together electronic fuel injection system with a lot of advice from you guys.
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> Based on a lot of opinions on this forum, I put together what should be a nice 
> driving car - custom mufflers and monza dual glasspack tips which I welded up 
> and look super
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> aldan eagle coilovers
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> custom wilwood fronts and PBR rear brakes with integral parking brake (which 
> probably wont work all that well)
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> HOK paint job in my basement (still breathing the sanding dust)
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