Headlight wont work

[Adam_11]

My car was in a wreck when i bought it so i purchased a whole new front end and now the drivers side headlight wont work... we checked to see if there is power and there is power but i believe that its not grounded... so how should i go about fixing this buy a whole new wiring unit? or try to manually ground it??

[NISTECH]

wiggle your head light switch while turning it on and off and see if you can get the light to illuminate, Bad head light switches on nissans are pretty common around those years.

[Adam_11]

thanks i'll try that.... but if thats not the problem i believe taht i have to manually ground the headlight.

[NISTECH]

if it is a switch heres a link to a fairly priced one, and its factory.

[Adam_11]

I dont see the link

[NISTECH]

DOH!! sorry about that

here you go.

http://www.trademotion.com/par...gid=1

[Adam_11]

thanks one more question u might laugh but i have a swapped KA with about 60k on it and i was wondering what oil i should use i need to change it... it sat all winter

[NISTECH]

I always use valvoline 5-30 in everything I own and have never had a problem.

[Adam_11]

hey i went to that link and it had no pic.... and i was wonderin if you knew a site that has a clip for the headlight motor the body shop i went to cut it off of mine... so i need the clip that comes from the car

[NISTECH]

I am not sure I know what clip your talking about?

[Adam_11]

the clip that the headlight motor clips into to make it go up and down... the one from the car is cut off.... does neone sale one???

[NISTECH]

I am sure they do, I looked at a 93's pop ups trying to figure out what your talking about and wasnt sure. you got a cam you can take a picture with?

[Adam_11]

i'll try but its just the plug i should say..... that the motor from the headlight plugs into the one from the car that makes the headlight motor go up and down

[NISTECH]

OOOH you mean the electrical connector. I dont believe that is available seperately you may have to cut one from a harness at the wreckin yard.

[Adam_11]

haha thanks and sorry for the confusion

[Adam_11]

u think if i got the sleep eye conversion that it would work??? even tho that motor dont work???

[NISTECH]

I think your head light switch is jacked up and not supplying a ground. So I dont think it will work een if you do the half up light setup.

[Adam_11]

sleepy eye conversion wont help my motor if its broken??? not the headlight im just talkin bout gettin the headlights to go up and down

[NISTECH]

so both the lights illuminate?

[Adam_11]

Ok.... sorry nistech im prob confusing u alot the passenger headlight works... but the motor doesn't go up and down because of the cut plug.... and my drivers side headlight doesn't light up but the motor works.... but the wire running from the car has power... its a three prong thing the top has power but the other two i think are grounds.... so ima ground that and see if it works i was just wondering if i got the sleep eye conversion if it could make my pass. side headlight go up and down manually

[NISTECH]

the light not illuminating is likely a problem with the head light switch. I am not sure whats involved with the conversion so i cant say weather or not it will pop up or not. Try asking in 240 technical about that as many of them have done the conversion.

[eliterit]

sorry for the hijack, but i have an s13 that was recently in a very minor fender bender and ever since my passenger light wont lightup, sometimes it will, sometimes it wont. I checked for power with a test light and it gives off about half the voltage of the driver side (3 prong connector, top one is power).

u think it's possible that my headlight switch is messed up as well?

or its another issue?

[eliterit]

headlight switched fixed my problem too. thanks!