[DeTomaso] Headlight Raising Speed

[Rob Dumoulin]

Sorry.  I'm using my car domain first page as my temporary publishing of
things I post here and I moved on to my new seats.  When I put UP the limit
switch back, the spring interfered with them and I took it out.  In the
interest of getting my car back together, I left the spring off.  I'm sure I
could figure out a different mounting point but didn't have time.

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Will Demelo <wdemelo at cogeco.ca> wrote:

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