light pod stuck up

[hallsie]

Ive got one light pod stuck in the up position.

Any ideas on what relays to check?

Its a 280i with black wiring and all the relays in the engine bay so its a real pain in the arse tracing wires!

Stu

[Wedg1e]

Unlikely to be a relay, could be a popped fuse or a crusty connection.
Can you get underneath the nose and wind the pod down manually?

[hallsie]

Ill give it a go after my curry turns up!!

[hallsie]

Hmmmmmmm

Just tried the manual winder on the bottom of the unit (hole disigned for pigmys) and its just turning with no movement on the pod.

Sod it.

[Pilo-Wedgebits]

I'm sure you know this but it does only turn one way i.e resistance in one direction only. It just "clicks" in the other direction

[hallsie]

I tried it both ways for about a min and no movement.

Ill see if I can drag the other cars off the drive and get her out to start checking the wiring.

Here we go!

[Wedg1e]

It wouldn't be the first stripped gear I've come across... but usually when they strip the pod falls under its own weight when the motor worm reaches the stripped portion - and it wouldn't stop the motor trying to work.

Interesting...

[Trickie Dickie]

One of mine stuck up last week so got it on a friend's ramp and it was just a bad connection.

Having said that as soon as we turned the knob it did drop down properly

A new couple of connectors and a bit of lubrication and they both work great - and in unison now as well

Richard

[hallsie]

Just dragged out the light unit and have wound down the enit as far as I can,
Flicked the switch quickle on and off and the pod dropped fully, but then when I put the lights on and pods fully up it still stayed up when turned off!

Is there a limit switch in the pod motor?
how do they stop at the open point?


Stu

[Wedg1e]

hallsie said:

Is there a limit switch in the pod motor?
how do they stop at the open point?


Stu

Yep. I suppose technically there are two, but it's the same switch with two contacts

Have a shufty on my webbie for some circuit diagrams etc...

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/TVR%20390SE%20p6.htm

[hallsie]

Wedg1e said:

hallsie said:

Is there a limit switch in the pod motor?
how do they stop at the open point?


Stu

Yep. I suppose technically there are two, but it's the same switch with two contacts

Have a shufty on my webbie for some circuit diagrams etc...

http://www.wedgeneering.co.uk/TVR%20390SE%20p6.htm

So, Ill be removing the motor assembly tomorrow then

Thanks Wedg1e

[hallsie]

removed the headlight and assembly and took the motor apart.

Its mint inside!

Im now thinking its the switch as I was playing around with the switch surrounds to sort out the illumination just before the fault.

Incidently, if you plug the motor into the headlight (same plug, only in a TVR) the motor goes round and round in the same direction!!!

Stu

[Wedg1e]

hallsie said:

removed the headlight and assembly and took the motor apart.

Its mint inside!

Im now thinking its the switch as I was playing around with the switch surrounds to sort out the illumination just before the fault.

Incidently, if you plug the motor into the headlight (same plug, only in a TVR) the motor goes round and round in the same direction!!!

Stu

And so it should; the motor doesn't reverse to lower the pod, it rotates the same way. That's why the limit switch has two 'stop' positions.

It's extremely unlikely to be the lights switch; if one pod works, the other should. I'd suspect the mutiple connectors to the pod have some corrosion.