Hi, everyone! I'm new here and this is my first post. (Sorry, no pics yet - hands were so dirty! )

I have a '95 right-hand FD. My right headlight motor was dead so I decided to replace it.
Both main headlight bulbs work fine. Only the left headlight would properly move up and down.
And so I bought a new right-side headlight motor (FD01-51-SAXB) along with a headlight motor relay (J140-67-730).

Here's what I did:
1) I disconnected the battery, the headlight motor relay and the headlight motor.
2) I dismounted the headlight cover, the bezel and the assembly.
3) I noticed 2 wires were bolted (grounded?) to the brackets. They're located next to the headlight motor's wire socket,
but weren't directly connected to it. I undid the bolt, disconnected the wires and took the brackets off.
4) I dismounted the old motor and its retractable arm. I took a note of the arm's angle.
– – – *ice-cream break*
5) I installed the new motor and the old retractable arm at the same angle. I bolted the 2 wires (mentioned above) back on.
6) I put back the brackets, assembly, bezel and cover.
7) I adjusted the headlight in "down" position by turning the motor's red **** clockwise until it's fully flushed in.
8) I installed the new headlight relay and re-connected the motor's wire socket.
9) I re-connected the battery and the headlight immediately went to "up" position.

So now my right headlight's position is inverted.
It's up, when it's supposed to be down. And it's down, when it's supposed to be up.
What gives?

I may add photos later. Thanks for the help, in advance!

 

The red **** is not an adjustment, that is a **** to manually raise and lower the headlight. It's there to move the headlights if you have no battery power or if there's a failure - so if the motor failed, you could manually crank them up and safely drive at night.

That said, the car isn't sure of the position of the new motor. It's gonna be some iteration of disconnecting the battery, manually cranking the headlight down, and reconnecting.

The motor has a stop if you will for the full up and full down positions. When you turn on the headlights, the motors run until it hits that stop then it stops. Turn off, it runs until it hits the stop. So the one is just basically at the wrong stop.

It's a VERY dumb system, it's all in the headlight motors, there's no sensors or feedback loop or anything.

Dale

 

Thanks for the reply, Dale!
I have fixed the problem by adjusting the position of the arm that holds the retractor rod.

Cheers!!