Headlight motors

[Topher]

Hey yaw! I'm Topher, and I own a 67 Charger. I know it's not the most popular, but, most other years share a couple of the same options. Like hideaway headlights. I've been rebuilding the headlight motors for the 1st Gens for a couple of years now. I take them apart and rewind them, clean/paint them, and can replace the harnesses with new wires. I've also fixed a power window motor. I would like to try to fix a second or so gen motor too. If anyone has one or two that don't work and don't want to pay the e-rape price to buy another one, how about sending me a pm and we can make arrangements.

Thanks,

Topher

[Ghoste]

67's aren't popular??

[Charger1973]

68 and 69 headlights run on vacuum so there are no motors.  The 70 has the motor, but isnt it the same as or very similiar to the 3rd gen motors?

[Ghoste]

I don't think it is but I'm not really sure.  The 66-67's have this harmonic drive arrangment and a bunch of open close and run relays with open and close limit switches and arrrrgh... lots of hair pulling to get running right.

[Topher]

All the same, I'd still like to take a crack at one of the later model motors. I think they have a permenant magnet set up inside, which should reduce the amount of time to fix one. I didn't realize that the 68 & 9s had vacuum motors. Here's what the inside of one looks like for a first gen. I would post a pic, but apparently they're too big.

[chargerman68]

upload them to photobucket.com and then post...