winking ! no i said winking !

[tribbster]

aaargh ! ive got the up n down problem ! (story of my life)! My nearside headlight, was moving up and down rather slower than its opposite number now its conked out totally ! will it be the motor ? if so what is the motor from ? part number ? have found the winder ! so at least i can drive at night ! but any info for a permanent fix would be great ?!?!?! thanks for your help !

[bobfrance]

It's a TR7 unit.

Try Rimmer Bros. or there may be something in the PH classifieds.

I dont recall them being very dear (usually exchange units) just make sure you specify the one with the correct connnector type (there are two).

[mjg280]

The Moss catalogue which is on their website is excellent and gives detailed drawings

[dickymint]

I've took some photos of the internals here...http://community.webshots.com/album/130532535GOOqbn

ebay usually have a couple for sale

[tribbster]

ok ! its getting worse ! on the way back from bournemouth today it was getting overcast & most cars had the'yre lights on, so hey i thought id try mine........... mistake the same one didnt work at all (as expected) ! but the other, the other one decided to go up & down, up & down, up & down totally on its own ! am starting to get a lil frustrated ! Apart from main dealers is there anyone in dorset that i can take my lil baby to, to get these problems sorted out ?

[stainless_steve]

Try the relays,can you hear them clicking ?

[SEvans]

tribbster said:

ok ! its getting worse ! on the way back from bournemouth today it was getting overcast & most cars had the'yre lights on, so hey i thought id try mine........... mistake the same one didnt work at all (as expected) ! but the other, the other one decided to go up & down, up & down, up & down totally on its own ! am starting to get a lil frustrated ! Apart from main dealers is there anyone in dorset that i can take my lil baby to, to get these problems sorted out ?

Had this problem on mine and it was the switch block on the side of the motor. Water gets in a corrods the contacts. It's not that difficult to remove the motor and check these things. How handy are you with a spanner?

[dickymint]

SEvans said:

tribbster said: ok ! its getting worse ! on the way back from bournemouth today it was getting overcast & most cars had the'yre lights on, so hey i thought id try mine........... mistake the same one didnt work at all (as expected) ! but the other, the other one decided to go up & down, up & down, up & down totally on its own ! am starting to get a lil frustrated ! Apart from main dealers is there anyone in dorset that i can take my lil baby to, to get these problems sorted out ? Had this problem on mine and it was the switch block on the side of the motor. Water gets in a corrods the contacts. It's not that difficult to remove the motor and check these things. How handy are you with a spanner?

tend to agree on that.
Photo 1 on my link above will show you the contacts (brass strip)

[350zwelgje]

The light switch at the steering column was my source of the problem.

Rob

[Badcow]

Did someone try to get rid of those annoying "sometimes up but generally down" headlights and replace them with new small diameter fixed ones ?