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AntonUK

posted on 31/8/15 at 01:52 PM Reply With Quote
Positive Progress

After Saturday's screwdriver vs radiator incident, today has a good news story

The car came from the previous owner with with no mechanism to raise the headlights. The factory used a pull cord in dash, but that was far too old fashioned... Bring on the mx5 motors as some confusing wiring! But finally got it all together and it now works!







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BenB

posted on 31/8/15 at 02:07 PM Reply With Quote
Nice work! Now don't wear them out playing
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David Jenkins

posted on 31/8/15 at 03:58 PM Reply With Quote
Now set them up so that you can operate them independently - good for winking at other drivers!






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coyoteboy

posted on 31/8/15 at 07:31 PM Reply With Quote
Nice, much better than a pull cord!

Looks like you have flex in part of the mechanism, it binds at about 2/3 open then continues? Also, it slams shut rather fast - you might find that limits the life of the bulbs - from my Toyota's headlights it's a lot slower on the drop and it still kills H4's regularly.






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AntonUK

posted on 31/8/15 at 07:42 PM Reply With Quote
Well spotted, it does bind, haven't quite worked out why yet. The passenger side is worse to the point it wont pop up 100% reliably. Rotational to linear force engineering baffles me.

The pod's are directly connected to the motors, so Im hoping a bit of rubber, and some springs in the right places might dampen it a bit.

To be fair though, they wont be used that often.

[Edited on 31/8/15 by AntonUK]





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