[V8] [urq] Headlight motors, type 44 ... wiring?

[Dave C]

Howdy folks,

I finally got everything buttoned back together today and road tested, etc
so wanted to post the results, and say thank you to all who replied.  Bob
Rosatto and Scott were right on with their description of how the switch amd
motors work, and the wiring, etc.  There is no relay, and the switch has
four positions.  I tapped the power wire into the low beam yellow wire close
to the headlight switch on the steering column.  That's connected by a short
wire over to the dashboard switch.  Having the factory wiring harness for
the motors was an enormous helpl  Now everything's working as it should.

This began as a Euro light install, but I had the motors on hand so I just
had to add them into the mix.  Then I remembered the single pass intercooler
sitting in a box so had to install that too while everything was apart.
Thankfully I remembered the air filter was due while things were apart, so
that got replaced, plus a few other minor things.  Between all that and the
usual distractions of life it took me til now to finish the job and get the
87 5ktq back on the road.  I don't know whether I'll be able to detect a
difference in performance due to the intercooler, but there's no doubt the
euro lights are a welcome upgrade.

Thanks to Bob R, Scott, Frank B, Jeff L, Jim P, Dave Head, Kneale, and all
the rest who pitched in to share info and ideas.

Dave C




>   On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:49 AM, <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dave
>> I did a couple of these installs years ago.  There is no relay box in the
>> system, it works pretty much how Bob R describes.  The black is the signal
>> wire from the switch to the back of the motor.  The yellow is tapped into
>> the low beam wire (low beam-on gives power to the switch black signal wire),
>> the brown is ground.  IIRC, it wasn't much additional work at all.
>>
>> The v8 went to a vacuum operated switch, much simpler, but NLA...  Still
>> in search of one of those myself.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Scott J
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave C <dconner at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:08 pm
>> Subject: [urq] Headlight motors, type 44 ... wiring?
>>
>> Howdy all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm installing eurolights and would like to include the motorized
>>
>> adjusters.  I have the euro lights, motors, wiring harness and switch so it
>>
>> all looks pretty straightforward.  The car is an 1987 5ktq, but I don't know
>>
>> what model year the harness came out of.  The one thing I'm hung up on is
>>
>> connecting this harness into the stock U.S. wiring.  Of course the Bentley
>>
>> wiring diagrams don't show this because this was a strictly euro feature
>>
>> AFAIK.  Maybe headlight motors came to the US on other models (maybe the
>>
>> V8?) but I don't know.
>>
>>
>> The harness has a three point plug and I need to connect these 3 wires into
>>
>> the stock wiring somehow.  It has yellow (Y), brown (BR) and black
>>
>> (BK) wires.  I think BRN = ground, Y = power ... BK = I don't know.
>>
>>
>> Could someone tell me the function of the BK wire?  What to connect these
>>
>> three wires to?
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Dave C
>>
>> Columbus,OH
>>
>> 89 100E
>>
>> 87 5ktq
>>
>> 87 5ks
>>
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