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Headlights (1/5)
 4/24/10 7:06pm
bassgoggles
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Lawrenceville, GA - USA

Vette(s):
79 L48 All Original Ice Blue T-Tops Leather Gymhkana Suspension. Needs some TLC.


Joined: 4/8/2010
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I've burned two days knocking out one problem at a time, and I created a few new ones.   And I did give her a good buffing and she looks a lot better.  If not a good car at least it has the appearance of one.

Anyway have a question about the headlamp doors.  I have only one lamp door that opens.  All vacuum lines seem to be in the right places; not 100% sure though.  However, I think I narrowed it down to it being one of the actuators.  I did so by switching the vacuum lines from one actuator relay to the other and the same headlamp worked while the other still didn't.  Ya'll check my sanity, is reasonable to assume its the actuator that is bad on the one headlamp door, if I switched the lines from one relay to the other and got the same results?

Also, Is there are drawing available on the web somewhere for headlamp vacuum system?

I gots lots questions, but I leave it that for now, won't be long an i'll be answering question

Rick


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Headlights (2/5)
 4/24/10 9:20pm
bio11
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Oklahoma City, OK - USA

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1972 LS5 Convertible,Auto.Targa Blue with Black Interior.


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If you look in the body forum, you'll find some past post's that address this. Look for something called vacuume 101. It will help you track down your problem.
Good Luck.....it's not hard, just time consuming.
Headlights (3/5)
 4/24/10 11:19pm
KDADDY79
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Dutchess County, NY - USA

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White '79 Corvette. It's a driver.


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Rick,

Take a look at these two places;

www.corvette-101.com (follow the selections to headlight vacuum system)

www.docrebuild.com (check around the home page for the headlight diagram)

Both of these have been helpful to a lot of us here.

Kevin

Headlights (4/5)
 4/25/10 9:43pm
eddie20875Lifetime Member
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Lanoka Harbor, NJ - USA

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1975 metallic blue coupe with t-tops,L48, t/t steering, black leather interior. 1990 L98, white/red leather interior, auto,a/c


Joined: 12/21/2006
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corvette-101 is a complete check of the system and does not leave anything out. used it to find the problem i had with my lights and its free.

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Headlights (5/5)
 4/26/10 12:07pm
VetteSpecialties
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Mounds View, MN - USA

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70 LT1 coupe, 69 350 HP coupe, 69 390HP 427 coupe, 71 LS5 convert, 85 coupe, 93 coupe


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And...  If you narrow it down to the actuator, first check the replaceable seal before you buy a new actuator.  The only difference between the two actuators is the direction of the tube for the vacuum line, so if you are real ambitious, you can switch them to test.

Larry
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