Headlight motor!

[Mr Tank]

Hi

I have seen a few wedges now but I haven't seen headlight motors fitted this way!

Has anybody else seen or got this layout!





Andy

[Danny Hoffman]

Hi,

That's how mine are fitted, it's an early 350i registered in '85 but the body is signed 1984.

Cheers

Danny

[Mr Tank]

Danny

This is strange, I have num 1 350i and the headlights are fitted as all the other wedges I have seen. They are fitted to the rear wall of the headlight well!





Build date July 83!

Have you got a hole under the motor for you to wind the headlight up and down?

Andy

[marcus1875]

That's exactly how my motors are fitted as well. on an 1982 2.8

[Mr Tank]

marcus1875 said:

That's exactly how my motors are fitted as well. on an 1982 2.8

Which way!

[marcus1875]

like your original post. they sit on a separate stand bolted to the floor. no hole in the floor to wind them, you have to squeeze your arm in from the back.

[taz turbo]

marcus1875 said:

like your original post. they sit on a separate stand bolted to the floor. no hole in the floor to wind them, you have to squeeze your arm in from the back.

^ +1

Also mine has the bonnet hinging from the upright panel to allow clearance for the pipes to the intercooler when the bonnets opened.

Like this.



Chris.

[marcus1875]

andy, been looking at your pics again.
my motor stands couldnt fit the way they are on your white wedge as i have no bodywork at that position!
thats a lovely looking wedge by the way.
marcus

[Mr Tank]

Marcus

Thanks for that!

As I haven't seen this way of fitting the headlights before I want to find out more. You say to wind the motor up by hand you get you hand in from behind.

Can you explain more?

On my project car there is on each side an ally plate held in by screws. When the plate is removed you can get your hand into the headlight well from the back!

Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Wednesday 30th January 23:37

[marcus1875]

morning andy,
yeah thats what i have ( except the ally plates are missing).
working 7 till 7 today and tomorrow, but i'll take a few snaps at the weekend if you like. but from the looks of it mine is exactly the same as yours.
marcus

[The Hatter]

I think SH's bible mentions some wedges had their headlamp mechanisms bolted to the floor of the pods. Do the aluminium plates look original? I'd be quite pleased to have a way of accessing the headlamp pod cavities without taking the headlights out; I seem to need to do it quite often to access the repeater bulbs and the spoiler bolts!

[marcus1875]

From the state of the cut edges on the fibreglass on mine i would think they were cut by a blunt knife after factory. Andys look the same to me.
to be honest access from this is pointless. each time i've had to do it my arms get cut up on the edges if i can get them thro. but it has to be done if you need to get the pods up to get the lamps out!
marcus

[Mr Tank]

The Hatter said:

I think SH's bible mentions some wedges had their headlamp mechanisms bolted to the floor of the pods. Do the aluminium plates look original? I'd be quite pleased to have a way of accessing the headlamp pod cavities without taking the headlights out; I seem to need to do it quite often to access the repeater bulbs and the spoiler bolts!

Martin

To be honest I ignore SH Bible as I find most of it is not relevant unless you have a 390 as that what he based the book on and as you know not two wedges are not the same and a 390 is so different to a 280iFHC and especally num1 350i
I got more correct info out of the drivers hand book on the cars electrics than I got from the Bible!

Ref the plates I don't know, I will take a couple of pics today and let you decide. I agree with Marcus that acsses to the headlight this is way is not great.

Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Thursday 31st January 09:31

[Danny Hoffman]

Sorry Andy, I must be going senile (unless the petrol vapours have finally got to me).

Mine is the same as Num1, same colour too. My battery is on the nearside with a Marina/SD1 coolant bottle on the offside

[Mr Tank]

The Hatter said:

I think SH's bible mentions some wedges had their headlamp mechanisms bolted to the floor of the pods. Do the aluminium plates look original? I'd be quite pleased to have a way of accessing the headlamp pod cavities without taking the headlights out; I seem to need to do it quite often to access the repeater bulbs and the spoiler bolts!

Hi Martin

I have attached pics of the ally plate, which may be original or may not. They are were the normal pods motor brackets fit so I don't think you can cut and access hole here!





This FHC project is very interesting to do. Even down to the rear windscreen wiper!

Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Saturday 2nd February 14:46

[marcus1875]

how have you got a rear wiper? my fhc on a 82 plate doesn't have one! very jealous.
I'll nip out and get some pics of my motor and access points tomorrow morning.
marcus

[marcus1875]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhPnzk7jyo&fe...
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for some reason i still cant upload photos so here is a wee vid of my light pod access.
marcus

[Mr Tank]

Marcus

Thanks for the vid clip!
Your access is the same as mine thanks. Yours is an 82 car are you lucky and having coloured wires or have you got the dreaded black wires as I have?

Here's a pic of the rear wash/wiper.







The wiper motor is beside the drivers seatbelt!

Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Saturday 2nd February 20:50

[Danny Hoffman]

Interesting mod, not sure I would bother though as hardly looks integrated.

I used to regular treat my rear window to RainX when I had a FHC, it's quite effective.

[Mr Tank]

Danny

It's no mod its a factory fitted option wash/wiper!

Andy