popup headlights wont work right.

[civilized_drifter]

ok so today i traded my friend my silvia front for his popups and other stuff..... i get to my friends house and stay for a while and now i start my car up turn on the lights and one goes up and turns on and the other stays down and on. i try to move them through the motot but they just wink at me. could there be a problem in my wires or would i have to get new headlight mototrs? please help

[zackt69]

Had the same problem, out of no where one day. I went through the wiring, swapped motors for a test, checked all the switches and still couldn't fix this problem. Finally I just disconnected the motors and left em up... I'll be swapping to a Silvia front end anyway. Good luck, I'm curious to see if anyone has any advice.

[iiEddieGii]

Originally Posted by civilized_drifter

ok so today i traded my friend my silvia front for his popups and other stuff..... i get to my friends house and stay for a while and now i start my car up turn on the lights and one goes up and turns on and the other stays down and on. i try to move them through the motot but they just wink at me. could there be a problem in my wires or would i have to get new headlight mototrs? please help

This is very interesting. The S13 that I just bought has the same problem. Both go down but only one goes up and the light is on on the one that is down. I disconnected the battery to get the downed light's motor to turn off and then I used the motor adjuster to get it up in align with the other headlight. I reconnected the battery and then tried it again. Both went down but only one will come back up.

If you figure this out, please let me know and I'll do the same!

Any one else out there have any experience with this?

[civilized_drifter]

im goin to a junk yard to get new headlights tomarro, so we'll see if they work

[iiEddieGii]

Originally Posted by civilized_drifter

im goin to a junk yard to get new headlights tomarro, so we'll see if they work

What exactly are you getting? Motors, timer?

[civilized_drifter]

im gonna get the whole headlight assemblys(spelling) i got both of them to stay up, i just took the one that stayed down with the light on,put it up and removed the plug to the motor

[iiEddieGii]

Originally Posted by civilized_drifter

im gonna get the whole headlight assemblys(spelling) i got both of them to stay up, i just took the one that stayed down with the light on,put it up and removed the plug to the motor

Let us know how that turns out. I wish I could figure this out on mine too.

[kaotic]

Hahaha!! I had this same problem.. When I would turn my headlights on and off they would go back and forth, one up one down.. it was funny.. and they are fixed now..

How I fixed them was I hit the pop-up button, one light was doing what its supposed to do and the other was down.. then I took off that black trim piece, then you can see the arm connected to the motor that pushes the lights up and down.. I simple removed the bolt holding the push rod to the motor and rotated the part where the arm was connected to.. if you want I can snap some pictures and point out what you need to do.. its VERY easy.. now my lights work perfectly now..

[projekt_s13]

Isnt there a relay or fuse for the headlight motor? I have the same problem, but only one of mine go down.

[kaotic]

well, both of my motors actually worked when I had the issues....

[Healtoeae86]

before you go out and take new lights out at the yard make sure that its not just the connection on the plugs.

EX) take the light that works, and plug it into the plug for the headlight motor that doesnt work. This way you can determine if its the actual headlight motor or the wiring. Beats going to the yard to get a new headlight to later find out its just a relay or wiring issue.

[deevietboi]

I have the same problem just my lights go up but my left light doesnt go down... PM me if u no what the heck is going on... any advice for me?

[AllenRPS13]

mostly, it's the relay or fuse, or u have to check the fusible link

[iiEddieGii]

Originally Posted by kaotic

Hahaha!! I had this same problem.. When I would turn my headlights on and off they would go back and forth, one up one down.. it was funny.. and they are fixed now..

How I fixed them was I hit the pop-up button, one light was doing what its supposed to do and the other was down.. then I took off that black trim piece, then you can see the arm connected to the motor that pushes the lights up and down.. I simple removed the bolt holding the push rod to the motor and rotated the part where the arm was connected to.. if you want I can snap some pictures and point out what you need to do.. its VERY easy.. now my lights work perfectly now..

Pictures would be great.

I tried something similar by using the motor adjuster on the side that wouldn't come up to realign it with the up'ed one. I use the switch to bring them down, both go down and then when I try to bring them back up, the same one stays down. Maybe you are doing something that I'm just missing.

[jspek]

pics pleeease.

[nissanberto]

since we are on the topic of pop- ups. does anyone know about a sleepy eye controller or something like that??? like you can control the height of your lights at all times, off or on. sorry if im stealing the thread its jsut a quick question.