Flip up headlights

[radmar1]

I have a 90 240, and my flip up headlights just stop working out of no where, does that mean that the motor on it burnt out, or is there some kind of easy fix for it

[AkademikONE]

Nice poll =)

Check your fuses, if nothing, check the relays.

[240DRFT]

i win

[240DRFT]

if i were you i'd just take it apart and look at it

[radmar1]

any other ideas

[240DRFT]

lol someone else voted for it

sorry i dont know anything, you could try to post in the 240 general forum

[USDM240]

could be fuses, could be relays, could be motors, or it could be the headlight switch on the column itself.

[wangless]

if you want/need the headlight motors i got a pair i got off someone on this forum a while ago. let me know

[240DRFT]

i dont drive a honda by the way...

[onosqv]

If you need motors or headlight relays (the ones by the intake) I should have the whole set in a couple weeks, I got a spare set in case mine blew up, but mine are fine again.

If you want to check if it's the motors, get a multimeter.

Disconnect the connector to the headlight motor.

Use a multimeter and check each wire/spade for voltage - I'm telling you to do this bcs I'm not sure which wire is suppose to be powered.

Get a friend to push the headlight up/down button.

Probe each spade/wire during the down/up phase, I guess 1 wire per 2 phases.

If 1 wire responds to up & 1 wire responds to down, your motor is probably the culprit since proper voltage was sent that far.

If no wires responded to anything, then it maybe a relay/fuse.

Makes sense to me, should work, not 100% tho, bcs I fixed my problem - was some messed up wire when someone else tried to fix another problem.

[eliterit]

where did u buy your extra relays?? i dont have time to go to a junkyard, so is nissan the only other place to get them?

[eastcoastchaos]

mine don't go up when it's cold. well they go up with the little button on the left but just turning the lights on the arn't havin any.

[onosqv]

where did u buy your extra relays?? i dont have time to go to a junkyard, so is nissan the only other place to get them?

I got a set of extra headlight relays for my spares. Let me know if you want them:

hyphendesigns AT yahoo DOT com

[eliterit]

well i went to the junkyard and replaced all the relays that have to do with the headlights and i even replaced that black timer box in the drivers side kickpanel and they still wont go down. they'll go up , but not down. Do you guys think that since my high beams dont work that this is the cause???

i've even cleaned up all the ground wires on my car.

[SirSilvia]

If you need motors or headlight relays (the ones by the intake) I should have the whole set in a couple weeks, I got a spare set in case mine blew up, but mine are fine again.

If you want to check if it's the motors, get a multimeter.

Disconnect the connector to the headlight motor.

Use a multimeter and check each wire/spade for voltage - I'm telling you to do this bcs I'm not sure which wire is suppose to be powered.

Get a friend to push the headlight up/down button.

Probe each spade/wire during the down/up phase, I guess 1 wire per 2 phases.

If 1 wire responds to up & 1 wire responds to down, your motor is probably the culprit since proper voltage was sent that far.

If no wires responded to anything, then it maybe a relay/fuse.

Makes sense to me, should work, not 100% tho, bcs I fixed my problem - was some messed up wire when someone else tried to fix another problem.

I know i probably just breathed life back into and old thread but if you still have a driver side headlight motor, I'm interested. thankyou search button