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From: qroy@whuxl.UUCP (QROY)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: tale of woe - headlight retractor motor for 83 Celica
Message-ID: <705@whuxl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 14:02:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 13 14:02:20 1985
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About 2 months ago the drivers side headlight retractor motor on my 1983
Toyota Celica gt liftback decided to crap out.  I removed it and followed
the test procedures in the shop manual, sure enough, a main diode was burned
out.  I called my local parts store and heard "that's a dealer only item".
Now comes the shock: the dealer wants $218.00 ransom for this item.  At that
point I decided it was better to have a winking car then to shell out that
kind of bucks for an electric motor.

I would like to hear about similar incidents from celica or other car owners. 
 Also any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. 

Thanks,

{ihnp4}!whuxl!qroy