Hello
I have been trying to get my car ready for the Tatton show. I needed to get an MOT done, all was well apart from the headlights.....
When I turned them on this happened......
Right up, pause, left up, ok not end of the world, then I turned the lights off.......
Left down, pause, right down, pause, right up 1/2 way, down, up, down then up a little bit, poor car looked like it had been punched.
As I am into electrical/electronics stuff I thought I would have a go at fixing the problem.
After removing the headlight "Retractor control" from next to the wiper motor I set about stripping it down.....
First carefully lift up the 4 tabs fitted to the cover.....
Now slide out the PCB.....
First of all I removed the relay contact covers.....
And then cleaned the contacts.....
I then fixed (re-soldered) any dry joints I found, there were a few.....
And finally mended a broken pin on the connector.....
The problem.....
The fix......
Hopefully this will be helpful to anyone with a similar problem!
Headlight controller repair - 800x600 photo heavy
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Re: Headlight controller repair - 800x600 photo heavy
Thank you.
PLease can you upload them to the knowledge base as its a good post
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php
PLease can you upload them to the knowledge base as its a good post
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php
Re: Headlight controller repair - 800x600 photo heavy
cartledge_uk wrote:Thank you.
PLease can you upload them to the knowledge base as its a good post
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php
Hi cartledge, not too sure were it should go, there is no "electrical" sub section, do I just copy and re-post them? Or should I move them, if so, I am not to sure how to, sorry for being a bit thick
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Re: Headlight controller repair - 800x600 photo heavy
Not at all, its a bit clunky.
This should help
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=120
Any articles that will help another MR2'er should go there, feel free to post away. if there is no direct topic, just ick one that is roughly similar
This should help
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=120
Any articles that will help another MR2'er should go there, feel free to post away. if there is no direct topic, just ick one that is roughly similar
Re: Headlight controller repair - 800x600 photo heavy
cartledge_uk wrote:Not at all, its a bit clunky.
This should help
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=120
Any articles that will help another MR2'er should go there, feel free to post away. if there is no direct topic, just ick one that is roughly similar
Submitted, in the engine area, that's the closest I could think of, an "electrical" section would be good