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06-30-2024, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bacccy

True, but it's worth noting the white/black wire running to the motor will have power applied when the light switch is in position 2 independent of relay operation.

The relay is disabled in this case so the motor won't run.

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But in the S2 system the motor only rotates in one direction, so headlight transition from down to up is the same motor movement as for up to down.
So as long as you have the headlights physically in their correct position, should it not then matter for the S2 which is which?
Not trying to be difficult, but as I have a relay unit that I'm not sure is working 100% correctly I can't verify for myself.

The switch positions for up and down are fixed - if you swap these wires the motor will run in each case - but will park in the wrong position down becomes up and up becomes down - from a diagnostic perspective that both work might still be somewhat meaningful but it would be more meaningful still if it were correctly oriented. Why test it with anything other than the correct connections?

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Direct from the position switches that also go to the relay - The HL on/off relay is controlled by the headlights fully up position switch. This is true for all years.

Ahh, another piece of the puzzle! Seeing as how I'm a lazy man, do you know which relay terminal(s) are connected to the HL fully up position switch and/or which part of the wiring diagram shows this switch?

Something is obviously cactus with my setup as the headlights come on as soon as I move the light switch to position 2, regardless of whether they're physically up or down.

Thanks,
Brian

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