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Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:19
by pictonroad
The black box attached to a lower adjuster, seems to be some electrical malarkey?
square headlights by
pictonroad, on Flickr
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:23
by CovKid
Remains of a headlight wiper mechanism - ie the motor? Just a guess.
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:25
by 1664
Nowt like that on the back of mine...............
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:28
by Hacksawbob
never seen wipers, washers yes but not wipers, looks like the box pops off open it up and take a pic
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:33
by pictonroad
not a washer or wiper, it connects directly to a thread inside the lower adjuster that changes the up down angle of the outer light. Must be a motor to to aim the headlight when the van is loaded, not seen one before, just want to get the details right as I'm putting the lights up for sale.
James
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:35
by pictonroad
just confirmed over on t' yard...
electric height adjustment.
don't have the rest of it (loom & switches) though, typical!
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:40
by Hacksawbob
Wow not seen one of them before, fire a live to it and see if it goes.
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:47
by pictonroad
Hacksawbob wrote:Wow not seen one of them before, fire a live to it and see if it goes.
no, it's dark out, me dinner's ready and the antiques roadshow starts in 15 mins... maybe another day.
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 15 Apr 2012, 19:50
by AdrianC
pictonroad wrote:don't have the rest of it (loom & switches) though, typical!
Should be fairly easy to rob from almost any early-mid '90s car in a scrappy - they were fairly common around then. Usually just a little roll switch, like the dash dimmer.
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 16 Apr 2012, 18:31
by bootie3367
Looks very much like the units I have on the back of my Carlton headlights so plenty of switches about at scrappers.
Re: Do you lot know what this is on the back of my lights?
Posted: 20 Apr 2012, 11:31
by poshbuggers
User sweitch from a Golf Mk3. Similar motor so it should work to test it.