[DeTomaso] Headlight Raising Speed

[Will Demelo]

No pics. Can someone create a link or send them directly to me? I'd like to 
see the pictures of this.
Will


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From: "Rob Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 5:40 PM
To: <don.thomas.cissp at gmail.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlight Raising Speed

> Attached are the pics.  Like I said, it was an experiment, so it doesn't
> look pretty yet. The spring was a left over from a set of throttle springs 
> I
> purchased long ago.  A tighter non-shiny spring with a longer distance
> between the spring part and hook would be better.
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Don Thomas <dt at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> That sounds like a great idea to me... I never heard of anyone adding a
>> spring to the headlights!
>>
>> Can you take a couple of pictures and post how you did the modification 
>> and
>> what spring you used.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -dt
>>
>> Rob Dumoulin wrote:
>>
>> > One of my headlight limit switches failed and it burned up my headlight
>> > motor. I took my buckets and old motor and am waiting for my new motor
>> and
>> > switches from Steve Wilkenson (I got a new turn signal while I was at
>> it).
>> > Even freshly greased, the headlight weight requires significant effort 
>> > to
>> > raise.  Out of curiosity, I added a spring between the radiator mount 
>> > and
>> > the gear assembly where the motor attaches.  It takes less effort to
>> raise
>> > now and still closes all the way. I've got a week to wait until my new
>> parts
>> > come in to tell how it works with the motor.  Has anybody else done 
>> > this
>> and
>> > if so, do the headlights come up quicker?
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Rob DuMoulin
> 904.476.8744
> rob at dumoulins.net
>



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