Headlight Motor - Red Car (Part 1)

Firebirds from 1982 to 1992 have headlights that flip up.
It looks cool but after awhile the gears and bushings in the motor wear out.
It is somewhat tricky, but the usual fix is taking the motor apart and replacing the plastic bushings.
Recently both my 1992 firebirds needed this repair.
Today I took the red car in to get it fixed.
Blue arrow is  headlight motor. It has a knob you can turn to raise the headlight manually.

Both cars have the problem in the left side headlight motor.
(The left and right side motors come apart in different ways.
The right side motor is supposed to be easier because you don't have to take it all apart.)

First I had to remove the black plastic cowl around the headlight. 4 small screws.


Next I had to unscrew the bolts to remove the whole headlight assembly. (Blue arrows=bolts)

Here is the car with the whole headlight assembly, gone:
You can see the plugs where it gets its power from the car (left side of picture)
and the plug that goes into the back of the headlight bulb (right/middle.)

Actually at this point, my friend Don the mechanic took over taking apart the headlight motor.

I thought it would be simple. I've seen it done before.
But, in the end it was more complicated than I thought.
That's why I've been taking notes.

Tomorrow I will put up the rest of the pictures...