DannyGarcon Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Hey y'all, I have a new to me 1965 Riviera with headlight visors that will not close. This forum has been a huge help so far and I've followed the suggestions of Seafoam65 in testing all wiring and relays (all look good). I suspect the motor itself is burned out, but I am wondering if theres anything else I can test before I send it out for replacement/ rebuild. I have power on the brown wire all the way to the microswitch on the motor, but not downstream of it (I'm assuming the closed switch prevents that). Is it possible a microswitch could be bad and not the motor? Has anyone had luck rebuilding the motor themselves? If not, I'd happily take suggestions of where to find a replacement visor motor. In the attached picture of the motor, I'm showing the only wire that does not have power when it should (headlights off). All wires have correct power with headlights on. Also, the pictures of wires and relays show hot wires with headlights on (Red) and hot wires with headlights off (Yellow). I just joined the ROA a few days ago and am trying to do my homework on the past Riview's. Theres a ton of great info available and I'm happy to have this as a resource. Thanks for the help, -Dan ROA# 16232 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychostang Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Are ;yuo checking the system with the key in the on position? The aux visor relay will turn off power to the system when the key is turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyGarcon Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 I do have the key on when testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Larry Daisey has a video on youtube in which he demonstrates how to check out a 65 headlight motor. Just type Larry Daisey Riviera in your search engine. Open it and look for a video link. I just did it and the video showed up in a small window. If you test it and it doesn't conform, I think that Larry rebuilds them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyGarcon Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 Thanks Ed, that video confirmed my fears that my motor is bad. Time to research where to send it off to now. So far I'm leaning towards fostermom1962 on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Steve is an ROA member. He can probably repair or exchange. Nice guy; I've done business with him before. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Highly recommend Steve (Fostermom ) - great guy who knows these motors inside and out . KReed ROA 14549 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinRiviDad Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Steve Lorenzen (fostermom1962@yahoo.com) is the man to use. He sold me mine. It sat on my shelf for 6 years. When I finally installed it, it wouldn’t work. I scrambled hoping to find Steve & he stood by his work. He fixed it without charging me. No problems since. ROA PEOPLE ARE GREAT!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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