[DeTomaso] Techno question: Headlight motor relay
Charles Engles
cengles at cox.net
Fri Jun 22 20:49:00 EDT 2018
Dear Forest,
Thanks, I suspected it was the clear box. I am ignorant, but other than coincidence, I don’t understand how changing the bulbs would upset the limit switches. I do see the limit switches. I suppose that the lower current draw with the LED bulbs should not have fried the actual light switch, that does actually turn the lights on and off. Hi-Lo beam switch works,too.
I am at a loss as to how to proceed.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
From: Forest Goodhart [mailto:forestg at att.net]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 7:30 PM
To: Charles Engles; 'List DeTomaso Forum'
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Headlight motor relay
Chuck,
The clear box is the headlight up/down relay. Chances are that your problem lies in one of the limit switches on the motor plate at the left side just behind the radiator.
Forest
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From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: 'List DeTomaso Forum' <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 5:17 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Headlight motor relay
Dear Forum,
No good deed goes unpunished.
The late 74 Pantera I have was working fine. I
decided to upgrade to LED headlights---"plug and play". I installed
them without much trouble and they worked. All was well until I tried
to put the headlights down and off.
They won't go down. Nothing was touched with the
installation other than the headlight buckets.
Today I removed the new LED headlights and the dash
switch still refuses to actuate the headlight retraction.
The #10 fuse is good and the dash fan blower works
fine on that circuit.
My dumb diagnosis is that the Headlight motor relay
either coincidentally failed or it didn't like the new electron
arrangement and failed.
By the driver's left leg is the relay panel. I
see a column of rectangular boxes and to the inside of that there is a
clear box thing, then a black box thin and finally, the cylinder thing,
which is the buzzer, I think.
Which one is the HL motor relay? Are new ones
available?
I don't do electricity well and I am open to
advice.
Frustrated, Chuck Engles
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Dear Forest,
Thanks, I suspected it was the clear box. I am
ignorant, but other than coincidence, I don't understand how changing
the bulbs would upset the limit switches. I do see the limit
switches. I suppose that the lower current draw with the LED bulbs
should not have fried the actual light switch, that does actually turn
the lights on and off. Hi-Lo beam switch works,too.
I am at a loss as to how to proceed.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
From: Forest Goodhart [mailto:forestg at att.net]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 7:30 PM
To: Charles Engles; 'List DeTomaso Forum'
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Headlight motor relay
Chuck,
The clear box is the headlight up/down relay. Chances are that your
problem lies in one of the limit switches on the motor plate at the
left side just behind the radiator.
Forest
_______________________________________________________________________
From: Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net>
To: 'List DeTomaso Forum' <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 5:17 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Headlight motor relay
Dear Forum,
No good deed goes unpunished.
The late 74 Pantera I have was working fine. I
decided to upgrade to LED headlights---"plug and play". I
installed
them without much trouble and they worked. All was well until I
tried
to put the headlights down and off.
They won't go down. Nothing was touched with
the
installation other than the headlight buckets.
Today I removed the new LED headlights and the
dash
switch still refuses to actuate the headlight retraction.
The #10 fuse is good and the dash fan blower
works
fine on that circuit.
My dumb diagnosis is that the Headlight motor
relay
either coincidentally failed or it didn't like the new electron
arrangement and failed.
By the driver's left leg is the relay panel. I
see a column of rectangular boxes and to the inside of that there is
a
clear box thing, then a black box thin and finally, the cylinder
thing,
which is the buzzer, I think.
Which one is the HL motor relay? Are new
ones
available?
I don't do electricity well and I am open to
advice.
Frustrated, Chuck Engles
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