[DeTomaso] Headlight Raising Speed

[Don Thomas]

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?
>