1991 240sx headlights motors stuck on help

[drexdevil]

i have a 1991 240sx that i just bought the last owner had a fender bender to the front end. it pushed the front bumper over to the left and jambed the headlights up. i removed the bumper and was playing with the lights the motors seem to be working all the time pushing the arm. i know this because first the battery was dead when i jumped the car and had the motor pluged in i tried working the arm the other way and felt the motor working against me. so i unpluged the motor and moved the arm the other way when i pluged it back in (with the car off and key removed) the motor instantly moved the arm back the other direction so i think the motors are good i noticed alot of relays for the system. this is my 1st nissan so im i dont know alot about the pop up headlight system. Any help would be great Thanks

[s13sr20chris]

man, i hate that darn headlamp motor system.

tell you what, check this thread out(i know, im being lazy).

[s13sr20chris]

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[drexdevil]

i went and got a volt meter today i will be checking the same things as the thread you directed me to. im going to guess that there is power to those places but im going to check it seems that the motor is on all the time since the battery hasnt died since i have them disconected. is there ant other places i should check for voltage. i dont know what should or should not have voltage any morer sugestions would be great ..thanks for the help

[NISTECH]

pop the arms off the head lamp motor and let the motors run to see if they find their stop point. The little plastic end can be poped off by slightly prying it away from the ball its snapped on to. If the motors dont find their stop point that means the internal up/down switchs in the motor are damaged. I suspect the motors will run till they stop. If thats the case the head lamp pop up assembly is likely bent and basically jaming before it ever gets to its stop switch. If the motor was continually running and the head lamp pop up assemblies werent bent the heads lights would go up -down-up-down-up-down-up...and so on as there is nothing to stop that motor from making continual revelotions. now if the motor does stop but you hear it still running then it is jammed internally.

[drexdevil]

thank you for your help i fixed the problem . it was a broken wire by the passenger side plug the brown one i fixed that and they work just fine.