Well, I fixed the problem. There were two things happening. The first
was that the right door was not aligned and was scraping the right side
of where it opens, so I just nudged it over so it's not hitting it
anymore. Two, I opened the headlight doors all the way by using the
hand knob, and when it got to the bottom, the motor kept turning even
though the doors had stopped opening. So I turned it until it wouldn't
turn anymore, and now both doors close evenly, it doesn't jam anymore,
and they both open evenly. So, I didn't do much, but it didn't take
much to fix. Hope this helps someone. Thanks for all the help.
~Zack~
On Friday, July 12, 2002, at 07:53 PM, Brad Hogg wrote:
> I don't believe there are any such springs on the 74-78 cars. IIRC the
> long
> rectangular bar that goes through the centre mounted motor, fits
> directly
> into the door pivot directly with no adjustment facility. The
> rectangular
> bar is a torsion bar so it will twist slightly. The motor travels
> slightly
> beyond the "open" and "closed" positions so that it holds the doors
> open or
> closed with enough pressure to hold them from vibrating etc. I don't
> pretend to know how to adjust the dorrs in question because I have never
> seen any good way to adjust them. Like I said though, check that long
> bar
> and where it mounts to the motor and the doors. I'm sure the answer
> will be
> apparent to you. Please share it with us when you DO see it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kenyon wills" <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 5:21 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Headlight doors for a 74
>
>
> My 73 had the similar problems.
> There are springs that are flat metal wound into a
> concentric spiral that are on the headlight door-end of the
> driveshafts that come from the center mounted motor.
>
>
>
>
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