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Thedriftbadger
08-22-2013, 09:25 PM
Car is an s13 and i'm an idiot. My drivers headlight wasn't going up far enough so i adjusted the push rod and now it's all good. However to get to the nut on the rod i had to take the motor off the base. But when i was putting it back on it sparked up. I know i'm an idiot i should have unplugged it, but whats done is done. Anyway now my lights won't go down and only my passenger light works.
Fuses by the battery are fine.
12v at the fuse.
Tried a new light, no go.
Looking at the headlight 3 prong plug like this: |-| on normal lights i get: left 0v, top 12v, right 0v, highbeams i get: left 12v, top 0v, right 0v.
There a box of relays by the air box and when i went to check them one was burning hot and it clicks quite loudly when the up/down button is pushed. Is it possible i blew the relays?
Both motors are unresponsive but only one headlight is out.
How do i diagnose a bad relay?

Thedriftbadger
08-24-2013, 10:07 PM
Fixed. Bad headlight motor. Just in case someone has the same problem.