[DeTomaso] Headlight motor wiring problems

Dave Londry davel at emspace.com
Tue Sep 4 12:22:28 EDT 2012


Take care Jerry, It's absolutely not stock.
  The main harness and fuse panel are Painless,
  which is why you see all the color changes where the painless harness 
is spliced to the original stubs.
It's also all-relay - none (almost none) of the switches power things 
directly.

When I eventually get aroundtuit I'll replace all of it with a relay 
panel and one of our PLCs.
dave
On 04/09/2012 5:53 AM, Jerry R Knotts wrote:
> That is a great set of documents.  Answers my question of here is a 
> switch, what colors should the wires be and how do they feed.
> Thanks,
> jerry
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Dave Londry <mailto:davel at emspace.com>
>     *To:* Jerry R Knotts <mailto:knottsj at galstar.com>
>     *Cc:* detomaso at realbig.com <mailto:detomaso at realbig.com> ; Ken
>     Green <mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>     *Sent:* Monday, September 03, 2012 11:36 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] Headlight motor wiring problems
>
>     This may be fun Jerry, but it won't be of much use to anyone.
>     I inherited the car after it had had all the electrics burnt out
>     by a restorer.
>     (shorted headlamp switch I imagine)
>     These drawings are the result of a lot of hours of circuit tracing.
>     The headlamp open/close in the one labelled "Front Compartment"
>      is just like the Mike Dailey drawing with 2 SPDT relays replacing
>     the DPDT relay.
>     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     I put 4 pdfs in the poca gallery.
>     https://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=2874&g2_page=2
>
>     You can't view them there, but they download just fine.
>     .Front Compartment
>     .Rear Compartment
>     .Switch Panel
>     .Relay Panel
>     dave
>     On 03/09/2012 6:07 PM, Jerry R Knotts wrote:
>>     Dave.
>>
>>     Would always appreciate any wiring info on our cars.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     jerry
>>     ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Londry" <davel at emspace.com>
>>     To: <knottsj at galstar.com>
>>     Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>>     Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 8:03 PM
>>     Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlight motor wiring problems
>>
>>
>>>     If it's the reversing relay,
>>>     mine has a replacement scheme that just uses 3 standard auto
>>>     relays.
>>>      It's quite clean. I can send you a drawing.
>>>     dave
>>>
>>>     LDrew at aol.com wrote:
>>>>     In a message dated 9/3/12 17 03 51, knottsj at galstar.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>     The motor was gone and only the
>>>>>     wiring was left dangling.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>     DOH! :<(
>>>>>>     I do feel a bit dense for not verifying that everything was
>>>>>>     there before
>>>>>     chasing all the wiring.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>     I had the same thing happen when I bought my Pantera.  
>>>>>>>     Driver's window
>>>>     was stuck up.   Horsed around with electricity for ages before
>>>>     pulling the
>>>>     door panel and finding the motor missing!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>     I did find that it does not have relays for the
>>>>>     lights, so that is scheduled for this winter.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Do you mean the limit switches?   Or the headlight door
>>>>>>>     relay, the very
>>>>     complicated power-reversing thing that has a clear plastic
>>>>     cover and costs a
>>>>     fortune?   And comes in two versions to make life even more
>>>>     interesting...
>>>>>>     Just wondering if there is a suggested replacement motor like
>>>>>>     the window
>>>>>     motor replacements.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>     No, the stock motor is the way to go.   This motor was used
>>>>>>>     in a variety
>>>>     of Italian cars and there are newer varients that have flat
>>>>     sides as
>>>>     opposed to round, but functionally they are all the same.  
>>>>     Make sure you install
>>>>     a brass gear iin the gearbox at the same time (assuming you
>>>>     have the
>>>>     gearbox?)
>>>>
>>>>     Are you only missing the motor, or the whole assembly?   I
>>>>     might have a
>>>>     spare assembly lying around--I know I did have two of them but
>>>>     may have sold
>>>>     them already.   I'll look if you need me to...
>>>>
>>>>     Mike
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