head lights go up but not down??

[lilskyline240]

Alright i have a problem...when i turn my headlights on they go up just fine...but when i turn them off the lights dont go down....anyone got a clue what taht could be??

[vancouverbc]

Do your lights go down when you use the retraction switch?

[lilskyline240]

no...they dont...i have to manualy put them down by turning the screw on the motor

also, where is the speed sensor cuz my HUD isnt working and i know it works...it just works intermittently...and i knwo my connections on the cluster are good cuz i just checked them
Modified by lilskyline240 at 12:46 PM 6/17/2006

[vancouverbc]

zerothread?id=140879

this is just a guess, but try h/l down relay. these relays are close to battery. take a relay from somewhere else and replace the current relay. I have taken pics of these relays and posted them in the above thread.

[lilskyline240]

yeah i tried replacing it with another one..but the only others were the Head light ones right next to it so idk if that affected anythimg...but the lights still didnt go down...

[vancouverbc]

I'd test all the head light relays. There is one in the other relay box on other side of engine bay.

[vancouverbc]

http://www.the12volt.com/relays/relays.asp

this explains how a relay works. apply 12 volts dc and see if it clicks. i use my battery jumper for 12volts. if you have a multimeter , you can test it better.

[lilskyline240]

alright, thanks man...ura lifesaver.....well sort of...

Just bought the car today and ive been monkeying with everything thats wrong...

Tach didnt work cuz of a Sohc to Dohc swap....fixed thatfan wasnt wired to a switch...fixed tahtwindow motor is shot..found out i need a whole window unit with trackheadlights dont go down....workin on that

then onto the rust on teh body

[vancouverbc]

I pulled out my head light (h/l) down relay and substituted the N&P/clutch relay and the light retracted. did not retract with h/l down relay out.

terminals 1 and 2 are the relay coil . 3 and 5 seem to be the two terminals that need to be connected for light to retract. i guess you could jumper those two for a few seconds to see what happens. i assume the diagram on the relay corresponds with where the terminals are actually located. I'm just speculating here. not sure if you would damage something doing this if you hooked up wrong terminals.
Modified by vancouverbc at 7:51 PM 6/17/2006

[vancouverbc]

speed sensor location. factory service manual is in my signature.

[Crunkrich]

this may be a dumb response but any chance the previous owner pulled the 'cut the brown wire' sleepy eye trick? that would cause your situation i think

edit: nvm that would only be it if they would go down but not up my bad

ignore this response lol

[sr20-thoj]

that happened to my car too when i bought it.. what i did was, behind the kick panel by the fuses under your dash. theres a white box thing.. whatever you want to call it.. well I went to the junk yard got one and replaced it.. now its works finee.. try that out..

[vancouverbc]

I guess the time control unit and the headlight timer are right next to each other. The picture in the link below is the time control unit right next to fuse box.

zerothread/158162

The diagram makes the fuse box look like it is inside door but it is in kick panel on drivers side.
Modified by vancouverbc at 6:37 PM 6/18/2006

[lilskyline240]

so this could be causin my dash lighting problem right??? could it also be causing my HUD to not work since there are no lights on my dash at all??