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Old Apr 5, 2002 | 11:26 PM
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help with the headlight *already ran search*

hehe ok my headlights are like stuck up....here is the case senerio...they worked when i got the car. but after the battery died the first time they got stuck up....after the battery was charged , they still wouldnt go back down....what could be wrong? there is also an unstock radio in it (it doesnt work) and i dont have any power to my heater and clock and such
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Old Apr 5, 2002 | 11:29 PM
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blown fuses,
blown fusable links, "outer two"
maybe the switch on the dash is pressed in?

also if there really "stuck up" and there is something preventing them from going down you will here them when the car is off,
also your battery will drain over night to nothing,

i know from when i rear ended some one in my first 1st gen.
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Old Apr 5, 2002 | 11:29 PM
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i bet the switch in the dash (below the radio) is switched or is unpluged or the fuseable link is died
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Old Apr 5, 2002 | 11:32 PM
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yah.. i was surprised to when i reliased that the headlights would not work properly without that switch..
before i put my dash in my headlight would go up , but not down. so every morning i would go and put them down by hand..

badass: if the fuseable link was blown, then they would not go up or down. the lights would be useless. so it does not sound like her link is gone..
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Old Apr 5, 2002 | 11:34 PM
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well they dont go up and down now.....they did at one time...when i first go the car...but once the battery died then was recharged they got stuck up
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Old Apr 5, 2002 | 11:42 PM
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it the link was dead, i think they would be stuck down...
at least that is what happened with me..

if you actually get light emiting from them, then the link is still good
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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 12:09 AM
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Originally posted by BadAssRX-7
i bet the switch in the dash (below the radio) is switched or is unpluged or the fuseable link is died
Shes got an 85 I think... The switch is on the dash. I had the same problem, but my problem was the headlights wouldnt light up. It was dirty contacts in the cluster
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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 10:01 AM
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so how do i clean them and wher are they located? i still got the high beams their just really low
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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 02:54 PM
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Remove the steering cover shroud, and use WD-40, but it makes a mess. Id spend the extra trouble removing the steering wheel, and the entire cluster assy. And sparying the **** outta it with wd-40 or some sort a TV tuner cleaner available from radio shack or other electronics store preferably one that sells 'good stuff' for cleaning electronic points. That seems to be the fix for many of our 7's here lately... Just dirty contacts in the switch...
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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 03:30 PM
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It's not the switch. You have a blown fuse.

There's a 10A fuse under the dash marked TAIL, ILLUM. that controls the dash lights and tail-light cluster.

When you blow the fuse (or remove it) the headlights still go up but they won't come back down. I just checked.

edit: You might as well check all the fuses at the same time. Especially since you say your clock or radio don't work either.

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Old Jun 14, 2002 | 11:44 AM
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there is a **** above the lights **** that feels like it doesn't do anything, but it actually moves the lights up and down try turning all the ***** on the left side
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Old Jun 14, 2002 | 12:26 PM
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Originally posted by rx7_racer_80525
there is a **** above the lights **** that feels like it doesn't do anything, but it actually moves the lights up and down try turning all the ***** on the left side
Grave Digging at its finest.

This thread is months old. I am sure by now she got a good response.
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Old Jun 14, 2002 | 08:00 PM
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Originally posted by Directfreak


Grave Digging at its finest.

This thread is months old. I am sure by now she got a good response.
BACK to the top, post whoring at its best
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Old Jun 14, 2002 | 08:50 PM
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Did we ever find out what happened with the headlights? Mine are doing the same thing...


Jeff
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