[DeTomaso] Headlights

[Will Kooiman]

Jack,

While I rebuilt my car, I removed and inspected every single wire.  I
discovered that the connector behind the passenger's headlight was bad.
Part of it had pushed out of the connector.  When I connected the wires,
it wouldn't properly engage, so the connection was spotty at best.
Sometimes it worked.  Sometimes it didn't.  And, it couldn't pass enough
current to light the brights properly.

My point, is you should check all of the connections.  You can trace
everything starting behind the passengers headlight.

The raise/lower motor is behind the driver's headlight.  Assuming
everything on your car is wired correctly, you can remove everything,
clean it, and reinstall.

You should not have motorcycle headlights.  I really like my Cibie
headlights, but if you change to high output lights, you need to switch
the wiring inside the cabin.  Many use relays, and they work well.  I am
using the headlight/motor controller by Jon Haas at
www.pantera-electronics.com.
--
Will





On 8/28/13 2:56 PM, "Jack Donahue" <demongusta at me.com> wrote:

>Hey All: 
>My headlight situation is 40 years old, so I thought I would tackle the
>fact that a high beam on the passenger side is not working, and the same
>side has a little "jiggle" in it going down the road. Unless they are now
>making road signs that flicker when Panteras drive by. I also noticed
>that the word "motorcycle" is stamped on the glass of the headlight. My
>first quest was to make the light stay UP without illuminating, which I
>did with the ignition/headlight switch. For my own piece of mind, I would
>like to "rebuild" the entire system - greasing gears, etc. but don't want
>to do a "trial-and-error" thing when all you gurus out there can shed
>some light (no pun..) on me doing this. I had a heck of a time utilizing
>the manual knob to raise the lights until I played around enough with the
>ignition/headlight combo to keep them up, but not lit.
>All/any help would be appreciated.
>Jack 
>#4348
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