Re: IML: '73 headlight door motor lubrication

["Rob P" <fristpenny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't understand how a sticking motor could make one side uneven.  The 
hidden headlight Mopars I've dealt with (primarily '80's Imps) have a bar 
running through the motor.  Whatever distance the motor turns it turns that 
bar which in turn twists the headlight doors open and closed.  Both sides 
have to travel the same distance because the motor doesn't have a right and 
left side.  The bar is square tube and may be bent on one side or binding in 
its motion.  That would be where I started my investigation.

Rob

> From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: IML: '73 headlight door motor lubrication
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:38:50 -0700 (PDT)
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> That worked, huh?
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> I took the spring off and wound it tighter.
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> Very challenging.  Bugger was really resistant, but
> that solved it too.
>
> Motor sticks after inactivity, so I'll go after it
> next!
>
> Thanks Elijah!
>
>
> -Kenyon
>
> --- Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > --- "Woolf,Richard T(Contractor)"
> > <richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >  How can I align the driver's side headlight door
> > on
> > > my '73? When the headlights are closed the
> > driver's
> > > side is up a little bit.
> >
> > Hi Rich,
> >
> > I've had this problem on both my '70 and '71
> > Imperials.  The fix turned out to be simply lubing
> > the
> > motor that opens and closes the headlight doors.
> >
> > You'll want to remove the motor assembly -- unplug
> > the
> > electrical connections, slide over the clips that
> > hold
> > the torsion bar to the doors and then slide out the
> > bar, and then remove the three bolts that hold the
> > motor assembly in place.
> >
> > Once you have it out, turn it upside down, and start
> > working some lubricant (I've used 30W oil, but use
> > whatever is handy, I guess) around the shaft where
> > the
> > big knob is.  Turn the knob back and forth a LOT
> > while
> > you're doing this!  You'll probably notice it will
> > get
> > easier to turn after a few minutes.
> >
> > Reassemble, and you'll be amazed at how quickly
> > those
> > doors will fly open and closed!  AND they will close
> > all the way, too.
> >
> > Elijah
> >
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