hi all. i am new to the forum. as well as new to owning a capri.
i picked one up off craiglist a week ago, and so far i am loving it.
i am havign the common headlight issues.
pass side works just fine.
driver side, goes up, VERY SLOWLY, and actualy opens all the way, then closes halfway.
sometimes it doesnt open at all, and sometimes it doesnt close at all.
all the while, there is that common clicking in the dash.
well i got lucky with this buy, in that it came with the complete ford shop manual.
and after reading the forum, and seeing that this is a fairly common issue, i took the headlight assembly out today so that i could work on it.
got the motor pulled... opened it up, and it was all gunked up with 20 year old grease that looked like candle wax.
cleaned it all out. regreased the gear. put some electrical grease on the metal plate and on the metal contacts.
then.....
i pulled the motor part so i could clean it up...
STUPID STUPID STUPID.
i cleaned up the armature contact with emory cloth, and cleaned the brushes a little with emory cloth...
but...
now i cant get it back together.
i cant get the brushes pulled back far enough, to be able to drop in the armature on the motor. i can get them back far enough, but i cant hold them there because there is no clearance for fingers, screw drivers etc...
anyone have any tricks to accomplishing this? or am i just screwed and need to buy a new/used motor now?