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Post by qwackingduck on Aug 16, 2019 16:20:01 GMT
My pop ups work against eachother!
When one is up, the other is down???
If I turn on the lights then the up one goes down and down one goes up!!!
What's causing this? Motor is ok, I can't wind it manually when powered on.
At the moment I have had to unplug the motor and have it manually wound up and have the pop ups always up?
Any suggestions?
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Post by wannabe on Aug 16, 2019 17:49:19 GMT
Have you reversed one of the wires? lol
(I'm not sure that would mean it reverses the action, but...?!)
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Post by qwackingduck on Aug 16, 2019 18:53:40 GMT
It's just weird, everything was working ok then I was mashing the pop up button when they reversed, yes I have tried to hammer it again to reverse it back but I'm just confused as to why it happened?!
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Post by wannabe on Aug 17, 2019 15:03:14 GMT
It's just weird, everything was working ok then I was mashing the pop up button when they reversed, yes I have tried to hammer it again to reverse it back but I'm just confused as to why it happened?! Electrics = magic = unexplainable  lol |
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Post by martiny on Aug 18, 2019 17:05:02 GMT
I don't think that can be a problem in the switches or relay because they send the same signals to both motors. I think it's going to be a mechanical problem in one retractor motor, in its internal switch which flips to indicate it's reached the up or down position. Never taken one apart so I don't know what it looks like, sorry.
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Post by Whistler on Aug 19, 2019 7:52:36 GMT
It's just weird, everything was working ok then I was mashing the pop up button. Lesson 1: It's a 20 year old car - do not 'mash' the buttons - something will break!  Hope you find a fix soon. |
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Post by martiny on Aug 19, 2019 10:39:48 GMT
Here's someone who had the same issue in a '94 Miata: forum.miata.net/vb/showpost.php?p=4626970&postcount=3
"Unplugged the driver side headlight motor, which was in the up position, even though stalk was set to off. Removed the 14mm nut that connects the linkage to the motor. Pull the linkage off the motor, swing the headlight to it's proper down position. Replace onto motor stud, tighten the 14mm nut back up."Sounds as if it was literally a basic mechanical problem where the linkage had slipped 180°. I never examined how that linkage works so I can't be sure, but he fixed his problem. |
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Post by Whistler on Aug 19, 2019 12:17:42 GMT
The motor spindle has splines on it so it shouldn't slip, but it's worth a try.
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Post by qwackingduck on Aug 19, 2019 20:38:37 GMT
Here's someone who had the same issue in a '94 Miata: forum.miata.net/vb/showpost.php?p=4626970&postcount=3
"Unplugged the driver side headlight motor, which was in the up position, even though stalk was set to off. Removed the 14mm nut that connects the linkage to the motor. Pull the linkage off the motor, swing the headlight to it's proper down position. Replace onto motor stud, tighten the 14mm nut back up."Sounds as if it was literally a basic mechanical problem where the linkage had slipped 180°. I never examined how that linkage works so I can't be sure, but he fixed his problem. That does sound promising, I'll attempt to give it a go! I had read something very similar to that but it looked ok, I prob didn't look into it that well! |
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Post by Whistler on Aug 20, 2019 7:43:09 GMT
Unless the arm is noticeably loose I doubt it's the cause of the problem. I'd look at the switch and test the feed to the motors.
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lol
le sigh