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1. re: headlights (score: 1)
Author: annie burgess <annieb@mail.mcn.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 22:08:06 -0700
if i put my headlights down manually (my hood extension is not permanently installed yet), they stay down. since i am in the middle of the restoration and do not drive the car, i do not know if they
/html/bricklin/2002-06/msg00105.html (6,746 bytes)

2. headlights (score: 1)
Author: Slvrcharm7@aol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 12:05:24 EST
My headlights are stuck up on my Bricklin. I haven't looked hard at them yet, but all the vacuum hoses seem to be intact. Does anyone have some tips for me before I waste a lot of time... Stephen ///
/html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00050.html (6,670 bytes)

3. Re: headlights (score: 1)
Author: "J F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:48:09 +0000
I wrote an article on this is a Brickline from a couple of years ago. The headlights default open if there is a vacuum leak on the switching leg of the system -- that is the leg that goes to the swi
/html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00053.html (7,159 bytes)

4. Headlights (score: 1)
Author: PEABODYDC@prodigy.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:03:19 -0500
I had the same problem and found it was the headlight actuator. It comes from a '75 vette. Also check the headlight diaphragms behind the lights and the headlight switch on the dash. Mine was also ba
/html/bricklin/2002-02/msg00054.html (6,723 bytes)

5. Headlights (score: 1)
Author: Maycinc@cs.com
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:12:19 EDT
Yea!! I finnally got ol' 1343 up and running. Does anyone have a complete diagram of the headlight vacuum line routing for a 75? The ones in the manual and the Brickline only show a '74 with an inser
/html/bricklin/2001-04/msg00059.html (6,713 bytes)

6. Headlights (score: 1)
Author: VJCapece4@cs.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:19:06 EDT
Thanks to your help I finally got my Brick running. The only remaining problem is with the headlights. When I put them on they raise very little and have to be pulled up the rest of the way. They wil
/html/bricklin/2000-08/msg00017.html (6,332 bytes)

7. headlights (score: 1)
Author: "Rick Hayes" <sueric@mountaincable.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:54:49 -0500
I would appreciate any help on a problem I'm going to be working on. Had a vaccume leak last year and my head lights would not go down. I found the leak and they go up and down but when I'm running t
/html/bricklin/2000-03/msg00180.html (7,063 bytes)

8. Re: headlights (score: 1)
Author: Jess Nicholas <jessn@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:44:14 -0600
with a good bit of certainty that you do have a vaccuum problem, and it may be in your regulator/diaphragm. It could also be a leak in one of the hoses. It may be time for all-new vaccuum hoses on a
/html/bricklin/2000-03/msg00181.html (7,471 bytes)

9. Re: headlights (score: 1)
Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:32:27 PST
I wrote a whole article on the headlight system and rebuilding the actuators using Corvette parts. Are you a member of BI and did you get a chance to read it? I think it has a whole vacuum line routi
/html/bricklin/2000-03/msg00182.html (7,835 bytes)

10. Re: headlights (score: 1)
Author: Jonathan Garruba <jgarru01@longisland.poly.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:08:11 -0500
The relay valve is worn out. And the leak is in the valve itself.
/html/bricklin/2000-03/msg00183.html (7,196 bytes)

11. Headlights (score: 1)
Author: Mitch Huffington <mhuffing@trianglenet.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:07:30 -0600
Rick Hayes is having a problem posting messages to the list, here is what he sent me. I was wondering if you could help me. I have tried to post a message to the group but I have the feeling it is no
/html/bricklin/1999-11/msg00002.html (7,388 bytes)

12. Headlights (score: 1)
Author: Mitch Huffington <mhuffing@trianglenet.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:20:56 -0600
Rick Hayes is having a problem posting messages to the list, here is what he sent me. I was wondering if you could help me. I have tried to post a message to the group but I have the feeling it is no
/html/bricklin/1999-11/msg00003.html (7,402 bytes)

13. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 23:18:02 PST
I think that I did a headlight article that explained the system about two or three (or four) Brickline magazines ago. It was fairly complete, with the plumbing and troubleshooting and all. Perhaps J
/html/bricklin/1999-11/msg00007.html (7,807 bytes)

14. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:44:47 -0400
Mark, This is indeed a very common problem. And I'm pretty sure you are correct in thinking that it is the check valve. My only guess is that the ones you've gotten from the scrap yard are also bad,
/html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00025.html (7,707 bytes)

15. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "K M" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:01:19 PDT
I just put a new vacuum can on my 74 and had that problem. I found that I had hooked up the new can backwards. Remember, you need vacuum to stay on the switching side of the relay long enough because
/html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00026.html (8,915 bytes)

16. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:54:05 -0400
Gang, On the 74s and early 75s they used 2 relays. I would expect that this would require more vac. also. On the later cars, they changed to only 1 relay. You might want to check both of the relays a
/html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00027.html (7,903 bytes)

17. RE: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "Mark Fasano" <markquila@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:07:48 -0700
I tried hooking it up the other way and it kept the lights open all the time. Where did you get the new canister? I have tried the local parts stores and found nothing. I was thinking of just puttin
/html/bricklin/1999-07/msg00029.html (9,607 bytes)

18. Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "Mark Fasano" <markquila@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:11:53 -0700
Every time I start my Brick or really put my foot into the gas my headlights pop up and then after a few seconds they go back down. I thought it was the check valve in the vacuum can so I have pulled
/html/bricklin/1999-05/msg00088.html (6,534 bytes)

19. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: "Dave Farbacher" <igster@nauticom.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:43:21 -0400
I had the same problem with my Vette. The problem was a leaky vacuum relay. These valves can leak either at the control port (the one at the top), or at any of the three "switch" ports. Chances are
/html/bricklin/1999-05/msg00090.html (7,434 bytes)

20. Re: Headlights (score: 1)
Author: Isensee@aol.com
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 08:09:53 -0500 (EST)
<< Lately when ever I start the car the headlights will pop up and then close. I assume that the headlights are actuated by vacuum and there's a leak in the system. Where do I start looking? >> That'
/html/bricklin/1997-03/msg00032.html (6,761 bytes)


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