The chilton book says to turn the open knob to get the headlights to go up. Both knbs seam spring loaded and when I turn them they snap back.

I need to replace the lamp holders and leaving the lights on to get them to stay up does not help the battery out.

So how is it done?

I do it the easy way, I turn on the headlights with the hood up. When the lights are all the way up I unplug the socket so they go out. The rest of the lights are still on, but since the others aren't hot enough to burn me or drain the battery I don't care.
My knobs are free wheeling and will hold up the headlights if spun manually, I just find it quicker to unplug, since I'm usually changing a headlight is why I want it up.

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You can also turn on the parking lights and lighly press the headlight switch to raise them without turning on. That's what your supposed to do to wash them.

Not sure if it will work on all models, but I turn the HL's on with the ign. on, then turn off the ign switch and the HL's should stay up. Good luck!

Phil

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If the car was in Alaska or a cold place, where ice conditions are a problem...how can the headlights stay up?

Some cars have a feature like this.....

[This message has been edited by Bonehead (edited 09-01-2003).]

The owners manual says the doors should be open when driving in ice or snow. Guess if you want them to stay up, just unplug the motors.

to get the headlights to stay up temporarilly, turn the headlights on (they will go up) then pull the grey part of the headlight switch back, using your finger on the side of the switch.

the lights will go out but stay up, and your parking lights will stay on.

If you want to leave them up for a while, to work on them, then turn them on, and disconect the battery. or like the guy above said, disconnect the motor connector next to the headlight, and that light will stay up when its off.

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quote Originally posted by DanFiero: Duct Tape

LOL!! or the Smooooth way Fiberglass them up!!!!!

thanks all......

I turned on the lights and then disconnected the battery......gives me time to fix at my leasure.

quote Originally posted by spark1: You can also turn on the parking lights and lighly press the headlight switch to raise them without turning on. That's what your supposed to do to wash them.

I tried this today and it worked like a champ! Thanks for the tip!

JazzMan

Turn on the headlights. Once they are up disconnect the blue wire at each headlight motor. The blue wire gives the signal and power to lower the headlight (at least it does on 84 through 86 models).

You can now turn the headlights off and they will stay up.

Take a look at the diagram in this link.
http://home.t-online.de/home/u.moeller-objects/schalt15.GIF

If this is a persistent issue (as someone mentioned, living in snowy places, or what have you) you can also wire a switch inline to keep the lights up at will. I added a switch on mine simply to save wear and tear on the headlight motors, which I have rebuilt. It would also come in handy if you drive home through an ice storm...
http://www.michiganfieroclub.org/headlight.htm Toward the end of the page is the section on this. It's pretty simple.