Headlight

When I turned on the headlight last rnight the back cover on the head light came off the sealbeam housing and inbedded itself in the back recess.
I did the following steps. Remove sealbeam next I disconnected the ground post connection on the battery turned on the ignition and headlight switch and touched the ground to the terminal in incriments to rotate the headlight to give me maximum space to reach in and pull out the cover. I eventualy got the cover off but in the process I pressed down on the rotating platform and have it out of sinc. When I put power on and turned on the headlights both would not lay flat they were off by about an inch. I pushed down on them and know they won't come up. When I rotate the light switch just the parking lights come on the head light remain off and facing up. Close exam reveiled the covers are missing the chrome rings that go around the sealbeam causing the problem in the first place. I need help. If anyone has any suggestions and if anybody has a set of rings that go around the covers I'd be interested in buying them.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Pat.

I am sorry I can't help at this moment, but I don't even have a clear picture of what actually happened... So you turned the lights on and they came up and turned on but the plastic rear cover for the headlight assembly came off and was stuck down in the fender well? Is that right?

Then you did the thing with the battery unhooked to try and move the headlights so you could get that piece out. Now they are neither lined up NOR working???

You know that there is a manual turn knob under the hood that has a rubber boot over it so that you can turn them as much or as little as you want right??? Reading a manual can be a BIG help in issues like this. Of course many of our cars no longer have their manuals, but I would say that is the first purchase that should be made for a car that didn't come with one...

You can find the procedure here I believe on Nichol's page. Let us know

This link is under our technical library forum here forums.928oc.org/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=16
under links to external 928 areas

nichols.nu/tips.htm

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James I found the motor and rotated the headliights, but damage was done. The left light where it pivits is disconnected. There is no resistence when I push up or down and the lights remained on with the key on and lightswitch off. I had to disconnect from back of sealbeam to get them to stay off might be a micro switch not making contact. My next feat is to figure out how to gain access inside the left fender to see what needs to be repaired/ attached.

Thanks James you were a big help.

Pat

First......lets be clear which headlight we're talking about....drivers side?

The pivot mechanism has a tendancy to fail in that the E clips pop off. If thats the case here please inspect asap that the arm that popped off isnt making holes in the rad.....it does that

malcolm;7684 wrote: First......lets be clear which headlight we're talking about....drivers side?

The pivot mechanism has a tendancy to fail in that the E clips pop off. If thats the case here please inspect asap that the arm that popped off isnt making holes in the rad.....it does that

I was just going to say that Malcolm.

Here are some pictures.