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[924s167]

87 924s w/2.5L


like it says......my headlights wont go up. and when i manually put them up they still wont turn on. also when i manually put them up with the lightswitch on....they will stay up, but when i turn the switch off, they go back down automatically. so the headlight motor works....

i think it may be a relay, but i dont know for sure. wouldnt the headlights still work?

can i test the relay? or is it something else
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87 Porsche 924s
00 Honda civic SI

[edredas]

Sounds like your switch is the culprit... if there were separate issues the lights/motor would still work independently.
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'84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver

[924s167]

is there a way to test the switch?

is there a way to test the lights without using the switch?
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87 Porsche 924s
00 Honda civic SI

[edredas]

Yup, you can test the switch with a multimeter and test the lights with a jumper. Here's a schematic.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/944/electrical/944_84_2_1.jpg
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'84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
'88 924S -Red, Daily Driver

[D Hook]

Let me know if you need a switch. I've got a couple extras laying around, doin' nuthin'....just hangin' out in a box with a buch of other parts, partying and telling stories.

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'80 924 n/a SOLD

[Smoothie]

Never store car parts together where they can converse - they'll conspire against you. I couldn't even park my two vehicles next to each other on the driveway or front-to-back on the street...they'd conspire and decide which was going to break down next and it would always be soon. Since I wised up to their scheme-ing and started parking them some distance apart, they've both been running much longer between breakdowns. (-And this is an '86 Jeep Cherokee (American, though designed by a Frenchman), and the Porsche (German, though designed by a Dutchman) - so they apparently speak some language that's common to all automobiles regardless of designer or country of origin, and at frequencies that are inaudible to humans.
-But then again, I also rebuilt the engine and transmission in one, and repainted the other, so that may be why they're acting happier these days.
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."


'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

[924s167]

lmfao!! this is very true.....but yes i do need a switch. i pm'd you
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87 Porsche 924s
00 Honda civic SI

[D Hook]

Shoot me an email (See below) and I'll send you a couple pics of what I have. One is from a 924S, the other from a 944. You can compare them to your switch, just to be sure.

Price: Pay for shipping if they solve the problem. If not, send 'em back.
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'80 924 n/a SOLD

[D Hook]

Sent you an email w/pics.
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'80 924 n/a SOLD

[D Hook]

I dropped off the package but not sure it will go yet tonight or in the morning.
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'80 924 n/a SOLD

[924s167]

ok thanks a million!!!
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87 Porsche 924s
00 Honda civic SI

[D Hook]

Shipped the part and haven't heard from the guy since.

Lesson learned.

No good deed goes unpunished.
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'80 924 n/a SOLD