James Montigny

On my '93 firehawk

I heard a crack the other night as I switching my headlights on.
When I took a look under the hood, I found that the driver's side headlight motor had blown it's cover off. Looks like it was glued on at some point. It's a round disc, about 2.5" dia with a squared side. Fits up against the motor on the side facing the radiator.

Anyhow, I'm driving around with one headlight and it's only a matter of time until I get hit with a $30 ticket. I blew both Hella fog lamps out somehow last week (one at a time, two days apart), so my car looks really funny at night.

The peice of headlight motor is sitting in my glovebox while I ponder how to repair this motor. I found a replacement for $100 if I have to buy one. Can these motors be pulled out without pulling the whole headlight assembly out (the main reason I never fixed the 92)? it looks like 3 bolts on the side.

The worst part is that I can't upgrade it to gain HP LOL

dochidalgo

James:

Check this excellent web page about the Firebird's headlights, with pictures and detailed information.
Hope this helps you
Good luck
Dochidalgo

moparman

What webpage?

Gun5

could use some help here aswell my passenger headlight makes a noise when going up/down

Injuneer

Check Brent Franker's page on headlight motor repairs, and his replacement all-Bronze gears:

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/guides.htm

Second item.... PLEASE post on the correct forum. Questions about headlight motors do not belong on "LT1/LT4 Engine Tech". Moving to "General........"

James Montigny

That's a good point. sorry man.
I was thinking 4th gen 93-97 issue, I guess it also applies to V6s.
So many forums to choose from

Thanks for the link guys, I'll check it out.