Well,
I got my 84 se about a month ago. Since then, I have been stuck on my headlights. I followed the advice and received some help from a few people on this board, but I still have a problem. Where before my passenger side headlight refused to rise, now it refuses to rise or lower.

I cleaned the limit switch in the headlight motor and I replaced one of the wiring harnesses attached to the headlight relay. I even swapped relays between the driver's side and passenger side headlight to see if that was the problem. No.

While I was cleaning the limit switch, one of the metal brushes fell off. I reattached the thing with automotive super glue. I wonder if that is the problem. Other than that, I'm lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated, this is my first car and I'm starting to feel like a failure already.

Superglue isnt conductive...

Yeah..........that's what I was afraid of. Any suggestions on what to use or how to fix this situation?

buddycraigg should be around sometime to tell you what to do. I dont suppose that solder will wick to it?

quote Originally posted by Sharde26: I reattached the thing with automotive super glue.

like ap2k said, superglue is not conductive.
and i've not had any success trying to solder them back on.

post a thread in mall looking for one.
i'm sorry but i can't give those away, they are becoming as rare as a good plastic gear

I tried solder, I found it...difficult to work with. I'm browsing right now for some electrically conductive adhesive. I've seen a few, I just hope I can find them in a store somewhere.

actually, if the brush fell off of this side i can probably spare one of these.

I found some electrically conductive adhesive in town, I'm gonna try that tomorrow morning before I do anything else.

quote Originally posted by Sharde26: I found some electrically conductive adhesive in town, I'm gonna try that tomorrow morning before I do anything else.

cool. let me know if it works, cause i've got a few sets that i could "glue" the brush back on

Will do!

Care to share the brand with us? Sounds like some pretty useful stuff.

Okay, I tried the adhesive last night and let it set over night. I hooked up my headlights this morning and they actually worked! Problem solved! Thank you to all for you help in this.

Oh and the brand was: Caig Labs inc. Circuit Writer.

It was around 6 dollars for a 5 gram pen of this stuff. It is technically used for writing circuit board lines, but the box said it had automotive applications and adhesive properties. I'll stand up as a testimony that it works. I found it in the adhesive section at Radioshack. A shot in the dark that hit dead on.

Later.

very cool.
now the question is how long it holds up.
but you can bet you butt i'm gonna test it pretty soon.

damn it...
my radio shack said that it has been discontinued and they don't have a substitute

EDIT: i have to return some brake pads because i found a lot of suspension parts worn on a customers car and they have decided to sell it.
while i'm there i'll pick up one of those rear window defroster repair kits and try that out.

but keep in mind that stuff has a certain amount of resistance built in to it. it's supposed to be like that so it will heat up.

the first place i'm going to try it is where the cold solder happens where the circuit breaker connects.

[This message has been edited by buddycraigg (edited 12-07-2007).]

quote Originally posted by buddycraigg: damn it... my radio shack said that it has been discontinued and they don't have a substitute EDIT: i have to return some brake pads because i found a lot of suspension parts worn on a customers car and they have decided to sell it. while i'm there i'll pick up one of those rear window defroster repair kits and try that out. but keep in mind that stuff has a certain amount of resistance built in to it. it's supposed to be like that so it will heat up. the first place i'm going to try it is where the cold solder happens where the circuit breaker connects.

You can still buy it from the company for $16.95

Here is whats in the pen:

http://store.caig.com/s.nl;...r0?sc=2&category=174