headlight relay

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Prior to disassembly of the head light moter mechanism it worked fine. Once I put it back together the relay just clatters. I checked the continuity of the wires, ground, switches, and relay by it self. All these seem to work. I also checked the polarity of the motor feed voltage and found that it does indeed change from positive to negative. What would cause the relay to flutter?

4/6/056:34 PM

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cozMember

Mine did the same thing, it was not getting enough voltage.
I cleaned the contacts at the fuse bank and that did it.
If your battery is on the low side, this will also cause this. Try starting the car and then trying the head lights.

4/6/057:59 PM

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dougoMember

Cab,
Check the ground where it jumpers off the relay into, I believe is a red connector. I had a good ground with the test light, yet the wire was bad in the connector. I by-passed the connector and went directly to ground. You'll find that 90% of all faults with the wiring is a bad ground. You'll want to add some more grounds to the car, that's what I did. No more faults....

4/7/0510:41 AM

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cab (Guest)

Thanks for the ideas, I will check these tonight. From reading the past postings I am also going to check the bakealite connection (sp) on the connector to the motor.