When the Pontiac Fiero debuted in the early 1980s, one of the distinguishing features that fabricated it gaze "discrepant" than other vehicles was the flip-up headlights. Inspect the inside of the housing for broken parts or stripped gears. If it does not appear that the gears are stripped, you have the option of replacing just the green drive coupling unit. You will have to remove the whole unit of gears and coupling together.
Instructions
1. Analysis the fuse. Advantage the vehicle handbook for your particular year Fiero and set the right fuse in the fuse box. Provided the connectors gain burned away or separated, your occupation is as picnic as replacing the fuse.
2. Administer the hood of the Fiero and scrutinize the headlight meeting. Turn on the headlights and scrutinize the motors on the sides of the headlights, provided the motors are continuously running, the botheration is stripped gears in the meeting. You will have to interchange or rebuild these motors.
3. Unplug the wiring from the headlights and from the motors. Allot the baby nuts that secure the meeting to the frame of the Fiero. There should be four of them. Provided all of the nuts are removed, the meeting may fall into the frame of the front bumper. You will have to exercise the notebook knops to lift the headlight up to loosen the backside two. Loosen, on the other hand close not remove the lower two nuts, then remove the top two. Mastery the flashing while removing the backside nuts and locate the four nuts aside.
4. Remove the meeting. Tilt the meeting toward the front of the vehicle as you are removing it, and fix Everyone headlight aside. Whether the puzzle involves the Engine or plastic gears, purchasing a advanced headlight meeting Testament be cheaper than replacing the parts on the gray headlights. Whether you choose to change the Engine or gears you Testament keep to remove the Engine housing from the meeting.
5. Allot the "C" clip that secures the lever arm to the out of the motor housing of the meeting. Unbolt the Engine by removing the "C" clip and the peanut that attaches the lever arm to the shaft. The Engine housing Testament be held in with screws or rivets, depending on the age of the vehicle. Remove these carefully.
6. Cut open the silicone adhesive that holds the motor housing together using a dull screwdriver or pen knife. The larger side of the housing holds all the vital, yet small parts. Make sure the larger side is on the bottom when you remove the top half. Examine the inside of the housing.
7. With the flick of a switch the automatic Engine would frank the headlight covers. As with many early '80s vehicles with features driven by baby motors, there are issues with the Fiero headlights. The gears were untrue from plastic that, according to a character of speciality repair websites, had a maximum growth of less than 10 second childhood. If you do have stripped gears, you have the option of replacing the plastic pieces with the new Fourth Generation metal gears for the Fiero headlight assembly. Consult your local auto supply store for the brands of metal gears that are available.
8. Clean the dirty parts of the shaft with solvent to remove the grease and pieces of plastic that may be interfering with the movement of the coupling or the gears. If the coupling has disintegrated or broken you will have to remove the metal drive plate. It is difficult to remove this plate without the use of vise-grips or some other pulling tool. Use caution in doing so to prevent damage to the unit.
9. Reassemble the unit. When the repair has been made, replace the coupling, gears and top of the motor housing. Secure the motor housing together with the screws or rivets you removed and use silicone sealant to join the two halves together. Place the motor housing back onto the headlight assembly with the "C" clip and plug it back into the wiring of the vehicle. Secure the assembly with the nuts you removed earlier.
