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Now that daylight savings time has come, I drive the car home from work in the dark. Both my Ferrari & TR8 were making some pretty grunty sounds when the headlamps were raised & lowered.
I dis-assembled and fixed the Ferrari ones after the used replacements I bought were worse than my original ones.
I turned my attention to the TR8 this Saturday. For the record, the TR8 headlamp lift motors are WAY better in build quality than the Ferrari ones.
To fix the right hand unit I decided I needed to remove it from the car. The noise was somewhere in the motor and not in the linkage.
In case someone else heads down this path....here is what I did:
With the headlights raised, I disconnected the battery.
I removed the 4 attache screws for the rubber shroud and pulled that away.
Next I removed the four screws holding the light assembly and went to remove that. Pigtail is there and the disconnect is...um...inside the engine bay underneath the airbox! darn.
Removed the airbox and disconnected the wires and pulled the headlamp assy out.
Next I marked the four nuts/washers holding the empty headlight pod and removed them & the headlight pod from the car.
With the airbox removed I could see the four attachment bolts on the inside of the engine bay that held the lift mechanism in place as well as all the electrical connections.
With the electricals disconnected and pushed through the grommet I removed the four retaining nuts & two plates and removed the whole assembly out through the top of headlight hole.
The motor comes apart in two areas:
1. The drive gear side with was held in by three 7mm bolts
2. The motor house held on by two 1/4 bolts.
Once apart, some WD-40 to clean things up and some new grease on the drive gear and it all went back together without any issues.
Should have taken some pictures but I did this kinda quick.
Time: 3 hours
Silent now as they go up and down nice and smoothly....
The internal electrical contacts and connections were far better than the Ferrari ones. I was simply amazed at the difference in weight, quality & design....
Lucas isn't all bad!
I dis-assembled and fixed the Ferrari ones after the used replacements I bought were worse than my original ones.
I turned my attention to the TR8 this Saturday. For the record, the TR8 headlamp lift motors are WAY better in build quality than the Ferrari ones.
To fix the right hand unit I decided I needed to remove it from the car. The noise was somewhere in the motor and not in the linkage.
In case someone else heads down this path....here is what I did:
With the headlights raised, I disconnected the battery.
I removed the 4 attache screws for the rubber shroud and pulled that away.
Next I removed the four screws holding the light assembly and went to remove that. Pigtail is there and the disconnect is...um...inside the engine bay underneath the airbox! darn.
Removed the airbox and disconnected the wires and pulled the headlamp assy out.
Next I marked the four nuts/washers holding the empty headlight pod and removed them & the headlight pod from the car.
With the airbox removed I could see the four attachment bolts on the inside of the engine bay that held the lift mechanism in place as well as all the electrical connections.
With the electricals disconnected and pushed through the grommet I removed the four retaining nuts & two plates and removed the whole assembly out through the top of headlight hole.
The motor comes apart in two areas:
1. The drive gear side with was held in by three 7mm bolts
2. The motor house held on by two 1/4 bolts.
Once apart, some WD-40 to clean things up and some new grease on the drive gear and it all went back together without any issues.
Should have taken some pictures but I did this kinda quick.
Time: 3 hours
Silent now as they go up and down nice and smoothly....
The internal electrical contacts and connections were far better than the Ferrari ones. I was simply amazed at the difference in weight, quality & design....
Lucas isn't all bad!
