Headlight load level adjuster motors

Does anyone know how to remove the level adjuster motors from the Jimny headlights??

The instructions with the headlight are unreadable, they have been photocopied too many times and the pictures are simply black

The first two pictures show the motor in place on the old headlamps

   


This shows the new headlamp perhaps with either a blanking plug or part of the mechanism in place??
 

 

Does the blanking plug on the new headlight come out or is that stuck fast also?
Can you see anything from the bulb aperture with small inspection mirror or endoscope?
Failing that have you tried twisting the motor body to see if it is held in on a bayonet fixing?

Thanks, that has moved things along a bit. Having soaked them in releasing fluid the whole motor case can be turned 1/4 turn and then springs up (out) about 8mm. This is the same for the "blanking plug" - but then none of them come out any further. At this point the headlamp bulb mounting ring moves about if you wobble the motor so there is some further "release" needed

 

Looking at step 2, does an 8mm socket fit the Hex on the blanking cap?

Hi,

No it doesnt fit the blanking plug as that is 13mm hex head. However, using a 13mm on the blanking plug reveals it unwinds a long thread.

Then looking on top of the motors there is an 8mm hex head which then unwinds a similar long thread and the motor comes out.

This means the blanking plug is not a blanking plug, its a manual adjuster that you can remove and replace with the motor version. The motor winds up and down the long thread to adjust the headlight. 

So that is good news because if the motors do not work (they have never worked since I got the car in 2007) then I now have a manual adjuster to use.

Thanks for your thoughts, I now think this whole process is worth a new video!

In the picture the "blanking plug" manual adjuster is on the left and the now extracted motors are on the right. I know how the motors work (switched resistor bank) so I can play with getting them going.

Martin
 

 

The blanking plug, being an adjuster would really throw you off !