Toms hideaway headlight motor thread

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Sorry, no updates...have not touched them.
I really should....since it would be a good thing to turn those motors into cash.

Bought a foot pedal kit for my blasting cabinet and have not finished installing it yet. Ironically, I think the foot pedal kit cost me more than the Harbor Freight cabinet.

[brbluesman]

Tom, any chance you have a motor for sale ? I'm in need of one bad...got everything done on my car but I have 2 motors and can't get either one to work right. I'll give you both of them if you can sell me one of yours
Skip

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May 10, 2014 12:05:07 GMT -5 brbluesman said:

Tom, any chance you have a motor for sale ? I'm in need of one bad...got everything done on my car but I have 2 motors and can't get either one to work right. I'll give you both of them if you can sell me one of yours
Skip

How did you test them?

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May 10, 2014 12:05:07 GMT -5 brbluesman said:

Tom, any chance you have a motor for sale ?

Sorry, Skip...
I have accumulated a nice pile of cores but have not done anything with them.
I had difficulties getting the limit switches adjusted right and moved on to bigger/better projects.


Bob, the motors are best tested on a car.
You can damage them if you test them off the car.
Basically, you don't want the free spinning motor slamming into its ends of travel with no load.
It can easily damage the plastic gear.

[brbluesman]

Thats what's wrong with the 2 I have. On one the large plastic gear broke in half. The other it's broken on the inside where the rod goes through it. I got both off of 2 very old 72's and the one that's split in half, was working somewhat. I had played around with the limiters but never seemed to be able to set it right. I thought I had because it was working fine for awhile. The doors were opening and closing normal for about 3 weeks. Recently I turned off the lights and heard the motor spinning open. So I disconnected it and began looking at it when I found the gear was in 2 pieces. Now my doors are wired open, not electrically, but with a piece of wire). (Laughing Out Loud)

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Skip, the gears are reproduced. The guy who had them reproduced is a member here but has not been around much the last couple years.
He also repairs/restores the motors.

www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Dodge-Charger-Headlight-Motor-Gear-/231222094256?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35d5e929b0&vxp=mtr

His website...
headlightmotorman.webs.com/

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Tom
I found this. How accurate do you think it is?

d72hemi:
What years ond models have the same (or will work) headlight motor as the 71 and 72 chargers?
71440charger:
71-72 but some other cars had thesame motor up to like 78
d72hemi:
sweet! so I guess that all of the listings from 71-78 I shold be able to use? what about the 1970 ones? I found this listing of mopar headlight motors for sale, that are primarly C bodies any of these that I should stay away from (within the 71-78 time frame)?

1979
Headlight Motor
Chrysler -

1979
Headlight Motor
Chrysler Newport

1979
Headlight Motor
Chrysler Newport

1974
Headlight Motor
Chrysler Imperial

1976
Headlight Motor
Dodge Royal Monaco

1978
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1977
Headlight Motor
Dodge Truck FD93879

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker GOOD

1976
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1976
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1978
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1979
Headlight Motor
Dodge Full Size -1 MOTOR OPERATES BOTH HL

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1976
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1980
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1975
Headlight Motor
Dodge Monaco

1977
Headlight Motor
Dodge Monaco

1972
Headlight Motor
Plymouth Grand Fury Full Size

1977
Headlight Motor
Dodge Monaco LFT

1979
Headlight Motor
Dodge St. Regis HEADLAMP MOTOR
2000
Headlight Motor
MAKE was ,
,
1972
Headlight Motor
Plymouth Fury

1977
Headlight Motor
Dodge Monaco TESTED GOOD,GET CORE.

1976
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1971
Headlight Motor
Dodge Charger

1977
Headlight Motor
Dodge Monaco

1978
Headlight Motor
Dodge Magnum

1978
Headlight Motor
Dodge Magnum

1979
Right Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker RWD

1977
Left Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker FWD SQUARE HOLE [619-00101]

1981
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1980
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker CREAM,

1975
Headlight Motor
Chrysler Imperial 72124

1980
Headlight Motor
Dodge St. Regis

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler RWD

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1979
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler -

1976
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker CENTER MOUNT

1979
Headlight Motor
Chrysler -LH-U

1979
Headlight Motor
Chrysler -RH-U

1979
Headlight Motor
Dodge Magnum

1978
Headlight Motor
Dodge Magnum

1981
Headlight Motor
Chrysler New Yorker

1977
Headlight Motor
Chrysler

1975
Headlight Motor
Chrysler Imperial

1970
Headlight Motor
Dodge Coronet LARGE ADJUSTER TYPE POWER

1979
Headlight Motor
Dodge Full Size -LH

Year
Part
Headlight Motor
Dodge Full Size -RH

1979
Headlight Motor
Dodge St. Regis ONE MOTOR BOTH SIDES

1972
Headlight Motor
Plymouth Fury

1972
Headlight Motor
Dodge Charger 2DR,VNL

1973
Headlight Motor
Chrysler Imperial

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Is this still Tophers website?

headlightmotorman.webs.com/

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May 18, 2014 9:24:45 GMT -5 Bob said:

Is this still Tophers website?

headlightmotorman.webs.com/

As far as I know it is.

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Tom, do you still have the pics from early on in this thread?