SleepyDawg
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Hi. I needed to replace a headlight levelling motor and when I took the headlight apart I notice the insulation of the wires inside the unit is completely "rotten" (a simple touch with one finger and it peels off). This means the wires were touching one another in different places. I tried to fix the whole thing with "miles" of electrical tape. When I reassembled the unit and tried it, the only things working were the indicator and the full beam bulbs. The levelling motor didn't work (it was working when I got it), and the other one, on the good side, stopped working too until I removed the headlight. Yet again, I disassembled the headlight and I noticed I had skipped a spot where all the wires are held together with a zip tie. All the wires were touching and the dipped beam light burned out.
Question 1: Did the fact that the wires were all touching also burnt the motor? I had to order this motor from Ebay and it took weeks to get here (these motors are impossible to find where I live). Is there a way to test the motor without connecting to the car?
Question 2: I noticed that the side light is powered by a wire which comes from the dipped beam connector. Can these 2 wires touch given that they originate in the same "hole" in then connector? The insulation peeled off inside the connector (about 5 mm) and I can't reach inside with the electrical tape.
Question 3: Why does the good levelling motor only work when the knackered headlight is not plugged in?
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Question 1: Did the fact that the wires were all touching also burnt the motor? I had to order this motor from Ebay and it took weeks to get here (these motors are impossible to find where I live). Is there a way to test the motor without connecting to the car?
Question 2: I noticed that the side light is powered by a wire which comes from the dipped beam connector. Can these 2 wires touch given that they originate in the same "hole" in then connector? The insulation peeled off inside the connector (about 5 mm) and I can't reach inside with the electrical tape.
Question 3: Why does the good levelling motor only work when the knackered headlight is not plugged in?
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help you can give me.