SoloRacer

To start off with I will state that I have the full boat Iceshark light kit and Euro driving lights. When I parked my 951 before winter I had a misfire. Using a pyrometer I figured out that it was cylinder number one that wasn't firing. After a good look over it turns out that the plug wires were **** (only 1 year old - aftermarket performance set) So I bought new plugs and new Porsche wires. To install the coil wire I had to remove the headlight motor. However I didn't properly index the headlights when I reinstalled the motor and ended with a sleepy eye look when the lights were off (they were only going 1/2 way down). Tonight I fixed it and thought I would go for a little drive. I turned on the lights and noticed that they didn't seem as bright as normal. So I switched to high beams and everything went completely dark. So I switched back to dims and walked to the front of the car and took a look. Well, it turns out only the euro lights - only the dimmer fog lights not the full driving lights - were coming on and off. The pattern was on when I was dimmed and off when I was on bright.

So considering that my lights to the best of my knowledge worked fine when I parked the car what could be the problem now? A fuse or a relay maybe?

One other weird thing I noticed was that when I manually raised my lights by turning the dial on the headlight motor it would get to a point where the motor would kick in and put the lights back in the full down position. This would happen even if the car ignition was not on. That one still puzzles me.

So any ideas?

SoloRacer

Anybody care to guess?

billthe3

As per your asking for suggestions in the thread title, I suggest you not drive at night.

*bump*

Cory9584

turn the headlights on and back off with the linkage off, Then connect the linkage with the lights down and the switch off. This to the best of my knowlege should work. Also why did you remove the headlight motor to replace a coil wire?

billthe3

It makes it a lot easier to get to the bolts on the coil, as well as the other stuff in that area.

rickb20

The headlights have a safety feature such that whenever they encounter an obstruction they immediately go back down. Because you mention that you 'dialed' them up a bit, I'm betting that they're now hitting the bump-stop (black rubber plug) and going back down because they haven't reached the end of their travel.

It seems to me that this problem is unrelated to your original issue, except for the fact that you inadvertantly caused this on while attempting to fix the original issue.