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Does car have to run to bulld up preasure for the lights to come up? I know one light gets stuck all the time, but the car has not been running in a good while. I put my hand in from bottom and puched the lights up and know I can not get them down. 80 vette
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Yes, sounds like you have a leak... they do lock into position..
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You can collapse the lights by pulling down on the outer most hinge pin from underneath the car.
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Do NOT try to push them down from the top.
What about the manual override under the steering column?
Does that work for you?
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Ha, is that what that little nob is for? I did not know what that was for. Now how does it work?
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I believe when the lights don't come up, due to a vacuum leak, you pull the knob down and then your buddy can crawl underneath and push the lights up.
That is called the emergency "drive at night" feature.
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You can raise your hood an reach under the light and pull down where the spring is attached to the light. I had the same problem, I had the Actuator and relays replaced. Good Luck Gene
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The pulldown under the dash is to bring your lights up for cleaning or if the vaccuum part of the headlight switch fails.
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