328 headlight popped up and won't un-pop!

I had that happen to mine, the motor kicked on and was trying to run all the time. You could feel a vibration in the fender. Turned out to be a relay that went bad. A couple of bucks and a couple of minutes fixed the problem for me.

 

My opinion is that you have to check your headlight relay's .and switch them with each other and look what will happen.

 

I mean the headlight motor relays.

 

Marc,
check your Owners Manual on page 20 till 22 and remove the fusebox cover
thats no: 26 and above the fuses you will see the relay's. swap relay no: B with relay no: E they are the same. and look what is going on, mabe now your l.h.lamp is staing up, that maens the relay is not good.

 

I think you might have a bad diode in that motor--I replaced my diodes some years back on one of my dancing headlights--I have an 84 Qv FYI--
The original post for this was by Ric Rainbolt
1 Disconnect ground
2 Remove the motor connector wire/you might have to remove the top grill for access
3 use the hand crank knob to lift the motor up slightly
4 use a volt meter to to check conductivy on the black and grey wires-MEasure with the meter and then reverse the leads and check again/If you have a meter with a diode check feature,in one direction you will get infinity<no reading> and in the other youll get a low value<less then one volt>
If you are using a meter without a diode check feature, select a low scale range<1-3 ohms> In one direction you should get get a low reading and in the other a fairly high or infinity reading--
5 Now check the other diode as in the previous step--This time use the black/green wire and the black wire--Note that both diodes share the common black wire
6 If all is well you should have made 4 measurements-Two will show a low value and two should show a high <or infinite > reading--If any pair shows low value in both directions the diode is shorted and needs to be replaced---If any two show a high value,the diode is blown and needs to be replaced
7 If either diodes need to replaced, you will need to remove the motor

Removing the motor and diode replacement

1 Remove the drive lever and the 3 bolts
2 Peel back the rubber boots-Only the lower needs to be peeled back
3 OnThe lower part of the mechanism, below the motor on the gear housing you will find a pair of diode rectifiers,small cylinders,usually black with a white or silver stripe at one end with two metal leads coming out of it--Use a low wattage soldering iron and remove the bad diode or diodes-MAKE SURE TO NOTE THE ORIENTATION OF THE DIODESBEFORE REMOVING THEM_MAKE A SKETCH OR TAKE A PICTURE_
4 Take your diode to the electronis store -Exact specs are not that critical as al as the the part is used for is a signal to the relay--FInd a rectifier with at least a 1 amp rating and a minium of 50V A N4001 is a good choice---
5 SOlder in the diode and recheck your readings as original diagnosstics steps
6 reconnect and test--Since the motor was half open the lamp will close or open when you reconnect the ground, so be alert about that-Dont get your hand in the way or ouch to you and your fingers

Hope this helps--I am not an electrician or a computer guy but I did this procedure on my car and it saved me a the cost of a new motor
When you bye the diodes , bye several extras,they are very cheap-Dan

 

It's time to check the diodes in the headlamp.

Milton

 

Interested to know how you get the Headlight to go down, I started the car over the weekend and had the same problem on the passenger side.