headlamp adjusters

[ant1985]

the headlamp adjusters seem to have 2 pipes coming off them from th back of the switch under the dash

when i turn it the headlamps dont seem to adjust any ideas ?

[daimlerman]

Probably find that the operating fluid has drained away.A zoner did post some time back a method of fixing this,but the general opinion is that the remote ajuster is more trouble than it's worth!! Also read that the electric ajuster from an E34 can be made to fit but the same comment applied.The easy fix is to swap in the manual ajuster system from an earlier car,I keep meaning to do this to my touring but it is well down the 'to do'list..

[Chase007]

Hey ant1985 what is that pile of crap in ur sig pic! No need for me to log on to E30ZONE and see sum rotten dirty sixes

[ant1985]

cheera daimlerman

and chase that happens to be my mag featured e36

not got any pics of the e30 cab yet

[magoose]

i had the same problem with mine ant, take the barrel's out the back of the head lights and unscrew the small white pushrods untill they are on just a few threads, then clip it back in and adjust with the barrel looking thing and bingo you got manual adjustable head lights just be carefull not to snap anything as they seemed a bit tricky and delicate to remove on mine

[ant1985]

smashing pal will give it ago

[Chase007]

I am only fu*king about a few of my mates have e36 i am just not keen on the shape anymore but i still appreciate them, i don't have a clue how two get my pics up i have tried with no success.
Did not mean to be offensive i will show more grace in the future

[Chase007]

Cheers ant1985 you just gave me the kick up my ass i needed

[ant1985]

lol no probs pal

[mark_i]

The touring I picked up last week has the headlight adjuster system intact with no cracks or splits arpoud the tube connections..

I'lll let you know if I can get the magoose method to work.

[feens]

Where can you get new adjusters??? I Broke all mine fitting smoked hellas!!!!!!

[magoose]

The touring I picked up last week has the headlight adjuster system intact with no cracks or splits arpoud the tube connections..

I'lll let you know if I can get the magoose method to work.

Let me know if you guys strugle and i'll produce some sort of a tech article to show you step by step how i done it.
If any of you are in south wales i'll pop by and show ya

[siddiqi1]

Where can you get new adjusters??? I Broke all mine fitting smoked hellas!!!!!!

Me tooooo! Dealers sell them separately you think

[ucpsale]

If you look at the body of the auto adjuster there is a grip on the side, if you twist that it will manual adjust headlights.

[Brianmoooore]

If you look at the body of the auto adjuster there is a grip on the side, if you twist that it will manual adjust headlights.

But not normally enough to raise them high enough. There is a seperate preset adjustment by turning the centre metal rod that goes over to the headlamp which needs to be given a few turns before performing the final adjustment with the barrels.