Headlight Motor

Started by thatSun s12 · Mar 12, 2007 · 9postsInvision 2005–09

thatSun s12Mar 12, 2007, 12:50 am · #1

My 200sx is officialy a pirate XD the left headlight motor works flawlessly but the right one has some issues. i have to twist it to get it up and down. But once i tried twisting the motor til it was down and then flipped the switch to see if it would go up...and it did!...extreeeemly slowly -_- . Tried to put it up with the switch but no dice. sooo i doubt its the relay. im guessing its mechanical and that i gotta take it apart, clean it, and re-asemble it.

Any other suggestions?

Cavi MikeMar 12, 2007, 1:34 pm · #2

If it worked fine and then did this slow thing all of a sudden, the motor is probably bad. It could be a winding, the brushes or maybe even the com is worn down. Hey, 20 years ain't so bad!

Smalltar_The_ImpalerMar 12, 2007, 3:09 pm · #3

With the amount of people with parts on this forums, there is bound to be a few people with some spare headlight motors that can be had for cheapies. Also... even though you joined almost a month ago WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

I have now officially proclaimed myself "The Club S12 Welcoming Committee"...

thatSun s12Mar 17, 2007, 8:06 pm · #4

Smalltar_The_Impaler @ Mar 12 2007, 10:09 AM
With the amount of people with parts on this forums, there is bound to be a few people with some spare headlight motors that can be had for cheapies. Also... even though you joined almost a month ago WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

I have now officially proclaimed myself "The Club S12 Welcoming Committee"...

haha...thanx. i actually dident no much on the 200sx so there wasetn much i could say about most of the things people were talking about...so i figured id ask some questions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Cavi Mike @ Mar 12 2007, 08:34 AM
If it worked fine and then did this slow thing all of a sudden, the motor is probably bad. It could be a winding, the brushes or maybe even the com is worn down. Hey, 20 years ain't so bad!

hmm...i guess ill find that out when i get a chance (or get off my arse) to take it apart. thanx for the tip tho

jeffwins24Mar 18, 2007, 5:03 pm · #5

won't the head light motor off a 240 work?

bigjerMar 18, 2007, 6:44 pm · #6

jeffwins24 @ Mar 18 2007, 05:03 PM
won't the head light motor off a 240 work?

No, If I'm correct, our headlight motor got 2 diodes and the 240 on got 3...or maybe the invert (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

thatSun s12Mar 19, 2007, 10:48 pm · #7

bigjer @ Mar 18 2007, 01:44 PM
No, If I'm correct, our headlight motor got 2 diodes and the 240 on got 3...or maybe the invert (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

drn it...that would have solved my prob...but now something even worse happened...she was out in the cold for a while and now when i tried to start her'up it kinda hesitated (normal...we just had a small snow storm).. then i tried again and it dident even turn over. ..just this winding sound coming from the left side i believe (in the engine bay ofcourse). any body have any ideas what might be going on? i felt like poo since that happend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/angry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/crying2.gif)

danginaMar 19, 2007, 10:50 pm · #8

bigjer @ Mar 18 2007, 06:44 PM
No, If I'm correct, our headlight motor got 2 diodes and the 240 on got 3...or maybe the invert (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I thought the motors off a 1991 240sx worked?

thatSun s12Mar 19, 2007, 11:06 pm · #9

dangina @ Mar 19 2007, 05:50 PM
I thought the motors off a 1991 240sx worked?

i wouldent really know but according to bigjer it wont. but now i have to find a spare 240 to try it