headlights work but wont raise up? 87 300z

[xdtrl]

Ok so here's my dilema when i go to turn my lights on they turn on fine, however my lights to not i raise up like they should when i flick the switch and my tail lights do not light when i have my headlights on but my brake lights work. i checked all my fuses today and replaced a few that had been blown for sometime and im still not getting my lights to raise up. Has anyone else had this problem?

[evildky]

have you tested the motors? and the motor relays?

and on the parking lights, there in s control box inside the rear panel up against the tail lihgts, ti might be bad

[Perrenial Badass]

I would check the box in the back for the brake lights as well. It's a black box with a bracket on one side if my memory serves. There are three different ones used on this generation Z, you will need another black one from an 87-89.

Turn on the lights, then the brights. Do the headlights rise up when the brights are on? By "the switch" that should have raised them but didn't, you meant he main stalk or the button beside the gauge cluster?

If you press the button and they raise up, then the motors and everything is fine but somebody disconnected a connector. Same for the brights.

[xdtrl]

No its thee actual switch to Turn the lights on(the one that turns) but its not the one on the dashboard. When i turn the switch to turn on the lights my lights turn on and they dont raise. also the CLEARANCE/ILLUMI Fuse keeps blowing.

[Perrenial Badass]

Do the lights raise if you press the button on the dash for it? If it keeps blowing a fuse you might have some weird short, but if the lights raise with the button or when you turn on the brights then it is the headlight switch (the one that you turn them on with).

[xdtrl]

Yeah they dont even come up when i press the button on the dash.

[evildky]

have you tested the motors? and the motor relays?

and on the parking lights, there in s control box inside the rear panel up against the tail lihgts, ti might be bad

[AZ-ZBum]

Yeah they dont even come up when i press the button on the dash.

You're blowing the fuse because you have a short. You fix the short, you won't blow the fuse, your headlights will pop up and the running lights will work.

Did you really need someone to dumb it down that much for you?

[xdtrl]

These forums are for...ASKING QUESTIONS. I was hoping someone with your expertise Could COMPREHEND that but maybe i have to dumb that down for you.

Anyway Evil thanks for the help, The Tail lights are fine.

[AZ-ZBum]

From your other thread on that other forum...Posted: Jan 11th, 2009, 09:20 PMBy: XdtrlIm sure i will. but the one thing that comes to mind when you say a short is that i havent had a radio in it since i get it and those wires are loose on the inside and open to any metal contact which in turn could cause a short.

So a day before you made the ridiculous post in this thread about the button, you already knew where the problem was. Or did you really need someone to tell you confirm that was the problem? Really? You want someone to hold your hand while you play with the wires as well?

At least make half an attempt to fix your problem before making any more stupid posts.

[xdtrl]

Do yourself a favor and try that. And Whats wrong with checking to see if im forsurely right? and maybe you should stop Holding you C@@k So much and starting thinking with your other head.

[AZ-ZBum]

Do yourself a favor and try that. And Whats wrong with checking to see if im forsurely right? and maybe you should stop Holding you C@@k So much and starting thinking with your other head.

And maybe you should start thinking period.

Loose wires in your dash that you can see and you think that's a good thing? Seriously? You don't see a problem with that at all? Wouldn't the SMART thing be to make sure they aren't touching anything? Hey. Who knows. Maybe your fuses would quit blowing! Or would that have required too much common sense?

[evildky]

perhaps we could resist direct insults and save me the trouble of locking threads?

if you have loose bare wires int he dash thats would be the first thing to a address, to look beyond that while not addressing that problem would be silly

[xdtrl]

If you attempted to think merely for just a second that maybe some people aren't as mechanically inclined as you are when it comes to foreign vehichles, if any vehichle at all? Maybe if you approached someone in a diffrent way rather then being assanine you would probably gain more respect that way and you tell me i dont have common sense? Maybe you should apply that to your Knowledge. Have a Great Day

[AZ-ZBum]

It has nothing to do with mechanical aptitude. It has to do with common sense.

If your house is cold and the door is open and it's 35 degrees outside, do you:1: turn up the thermostat?2: close the door?

[xdtrl]

Honestly did that last post not process with you?????

[Perrenial Badass]

Or option 3... not know what to do, so buy he house next door and live there instead.

But yea, any bare wiring should be priority number one, just wrap it up in some electrical tape. Even if that isn't the problem area, it will only take a minute or two and then at least you know that wasn't the problem.

[xdtrl]

Yeah i did tape those ends off and ran through the wires to see the ones i missed or didn't see. And so far honestly theres a 45 below temp that kinda holds me back from wanting to investigate more Windchill added of course.

[Perrenial Badass]

Okay, so if those are all taped off then that's not your short. All we can really say here is when temps get a bit more friendly to start checking wires. Which is fun...

[xdtrl]

We'll needless to say it warmed up and i had them working in under 30 seconds

[evildky]

We'll needless to say it warmed up and i had them working in under 30 seconds

lol, what was the problem?

[xdtrl]

The Area a Relentlessly checked,The fuses. I replaced the Clearance alumni Fuse 3 times and i Said this it and put a 4th one in and they work like a charm. Also it makes a huge diffrence when its warmer and im not sure if that has a whole lot to do with it or not but it isnt blowing anymore. Im wondering if my head lights were Frozen down to the point where i flipped the switch and they wouldnt come up it would cause an electrical burst which inturn blew the fuses.