Hide away headlights

['Tona-Gurl77]

i just rebuilt the engine from an 85' chrysler laser, and put it in my 87' dodge daytona, Everything works right exept i can't get the headlights to to work what could that possibly be? we've tried everything, and we just can't figure it out, and the mechanic doesn't think its the wires.

[BleedDodge]

You're from Winnipeg eh?

Who is your mechanic?

[Tamerlane]

Originally Posted by 'Tona-Gurl77

i just rebuilt the engine from an 85' chrysler laser, and put it in my 87' dodge daytona, Everything works right exept i can't get the headlights to to work what could that possibly be? we've tried everything, and we just can't figure it out, and the mechanic doesn't think its the wires.

Ok, I can tell you how they work on my 1990 Dodge Daytona, perhaps your is similar.

here goes.

There are three relays underneath the dash that change the polarity of the power going to the motors that make the headlights go up and down. These relays basically are set up so that depending on a positive feed it will send + - or - + to the motors. Since they are DC motors this will cause them to go up or down accordingly.

The body computer of the car sends a short power up to the proper relay so that the voltage is attained to raise or lower the lights. This is done for about, from what I remember, 2 seconds and then the body computer stops the voltage.

My daytona lights were not working, I had rigged the thing under the dash so I could use a key manually trip the right relay. It worked, manually for up and down. When the tranny broke I asked them to look at the lights. After some arguing with the mechanic who claimed I shorted out the motors and they were not covered under warranty, I told him that I didn't and they were fine.

He looked at it again and replaced the body computer. Lights worked fine after that.

This is a 1990 Dodge daytona. check out the body computer on yours. Find the relays under the dash and see if you get that signal.

[Tamerlane]

Originally Posted by Tamerlane

Ok, I can tell you how they work on my 1990 Dodge Daytona, perhaps your is similar.

here goes.

There are three relays underneath the dash that change the polarity of the power going to the motors that make the headlights go up and down. These relays basically are set up so that depending on a positive feed it will send + - or - + to the motors. Since they are DC motors this will cause them to go up or down accordingly.

The body computer of the car sends a short power up to the proper relay so that the voltage is attained to raise or lower the lights. This is done for about, from what I remember, 2 seconds and then the body computer stops the voltage.

My daytona lights were not working, I had rigged the thing under the dash so I could use a key manually trip the right relay. It worked, manually for up and down. When the tranny broke I asked them to look at the lights. After some arguing with the mechanic who claimed I shorted out the motors and they were not covered under warranty, I told him that I didn't and they were fine.

He looked at it again and replaced the body computer. Lights worked fine after that.

This is a 1990 Dodge daytona. check out the body computer on yours. Find the relays under the dash and see if you get that signal.

Oh, these relays are located in a black plastic box filled with plastic gel, obviously not meant to work on. So don't look for your typical relay panel. I would start there and see if they are working, then check to see if they are getting a signal. Once you clean the plastic off of them you can trip them manually.

I drew a wiring diagram to figure out the circuit.