hi

thanks for the help, and nice car

Are you saying they did NOT do this before you changed all the parts?
If the check valve is bad, the headlights would raise when you turn the engine off.
If the vaccuum lines are not connected to the relay valves properly, or if the valves are faulty, it could cause this.

The vac. lines on the relay valves should be:
Red on top
Yellow in the center
Green on bottom

Yellow is the main vac. source from the reservoir.
Red goes to the rear (hood side) of the actuators
Green goes to the front(bumper side) of the actuators.

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no they did not do this before i changed the parts they were just very lazy. i did not check the new relays before i installed them.

So....yer sayin YOU caused this, eh?

Double-check all yer vac. fittings for correct placement first. I have some vac. trouble-shooting info I can send you, if you need it. P/M me if you do...

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well i guess i caused it, thats my luck. it looks like all the hoses are where they should be.

If the hoses are all in the correct locations, then the check-valve, or the relay valves are not operating properly. It could be the hoses on the over-ride valve...maybe.
I sent you a P/M...the diagrams will be on their way in aboot 16 minutes and 38 seconds!

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joel

I had replaced the origional check valve on mine once and had similar problem. Took old valve and sprayed with wd 40 then put it back and cured door opening trouble. Lazy light was small hole in last light to open.

This really sounds like the relay valves are the problem. There is a spring in the valves that keeps the valve in one position, until vaccuum is routed to it to move it. This is supposed to make the "closed" position of the headlites/wiper door the "default" position. If the spring is weak/bad, then it would allow vaccuum to the wrong side of the actuators on start-up, and the lites will raise...until there was enought vac. in storage to move the relay valve back to the closed position, and then the lites will go back down.

btw..."New" don't mean doo-doo on these valves.

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Lazy light was a small hole in the boot, rubber seal around actuator shaft. Didn't read before I posted yesterday!

thanks guys. do i send the relays back, not sure if i can or will i just keep getting garbage relays????????