Blinkin hell!

[hopo]

Just that really...

 

My Turbo is currently blinking at me. switch the lights on both pods raise and the lights come on, switch off and the lights go off but the passenger side pod stays up! irritating!

 

what should I be looking at to resolve this? and where?

 

regards,

 

Jon H

[Bibs]

[Bazza 907]

Look at the headlight motor. There is a bar that links the motor to the pod - have a look at it.

 

Short term you can turn the black knob at the back of the motor to raise or lower the pod.

[molemot]

Bibs....I hadn't realised my Clan made hammers..smart, too!! Where can I get one??

 

As for the light pod....first check all the connections to it...wobble them around...could well be a duff connector... make sure all the wiring is good.  If so, then it's probably to do with the electrics inside the pod motor. First thing to do is to twiddle the black knob on the back of the motor, see if you can move it round a little bit and the motor then fires up and lowers the pod. If it does, then you need to get inside the thing...There are printed circuit tracks and wipers, I believe, which work in the same way as those that park windscreen wipers. If you take the pod motor out and have a look inside it....I've done it, but so long ago I can't really be helpful, but it ought to be pretty obvious once you get in there. Of course, you could always fit a new one.....(!)

[ramjet]

My headlights lift motors did all sorts of weird things as my battery was dying. Half up, then wouldn't go down. Wouldn't raise, but turned on.

 

Battery?

[Jamie Garroch]

It could be the control module if one of the four motor live wires is failing. I had a similar issue after a tiny leaf blocked the drain hole in the near side (left) of the front compartment, causing it to flood up to the level of the pod control module. I had to replace that at a cost of around £80 from SJ and all was fine after. It's mounted on the inner side of the near side front wing and has a single connector, although I failed to remove the old one so positioned the new one next the rear of the pod itself.

[PhilW]

My lights always blow a fuse if I flash them.  They raise and turn on but half way down the fuse goes.  Never investigated this to any extent.  Sometime I will but could be a number of things.  Stalk /relay. Any ideas?

[skiing]

Check relays on the passenger side (wiggle them / spray contact cleaner etc.) - mine did some funny stuff as well and this sorted. I also found that water was leaking onto these relays as well sometimes so I have fitted a cover. 

[pete]

Bibs....I hadn't realised my Clan made hammers..smart, too!! Where can I get one??

 

 

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/product+t+hammers+-+framin

[hopo]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks... I will have a cheeky fiddle if this rain ever stops.....

[Bibs]

But what about fixing your headlights?