My 85 Firebird's lights don't move
Asked by 85Firdbird Apr 24, 2018 at 08:37 PM about the 1986 Pontiac Firebird SE
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
I recently purchased an 85 Firebird from a seller. Well, the lights are stuck up and will not move. They turn on just fine. but they stay up. I've heard it could be the motors, but I've also heard it could be due to a loss of a hydralic fluid for the lights... and I feel like a moron when I try to search for "Headlight Fluid"... Could it be a fuse maybe?
3 Answers
Most likely the previous owner had them manually cranked up you can do that on each headlight you can crank them up manually and just leave them there cuz maybe motors are burned out so you probably have to have an updated motor and bracket assembly so that you don't have that problem again those cars are known for that issue especially 80s Firebird parts magnets you know for little small things like that I'd say replace the motors .
85Firdbird answered 6 years ago
So, after further investigation, I've found the previous owner had unplugged the motors to the lights. So, I can probably say that one of the motors is burned out. The cranks to raise and lower the lights still work, so I'm sure it must be a hardware problem.
Yeah just look on eBay and they actually have the motor and the gear set for sale in one kit the factory GM setup is a plastic gear & the ones on eBay you can get one that has a brass metal gear so get the one that has a metal gear when you replace the motor and the gear set I think that's what you need to buy not the bracket I was wrong before get the motor not the bracket assembly because what happens you might have a good motor but the little plastic wheel is chipped and won't crank the light up good luck.
