>First, the headlights won't just pop up without the motor running,
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It's fairly common for the Bricklin 'wink' to occur with no vacuum.
It's actually mildly spring loaded to default in the 'up' mode and
lock into this position in case of vacuum failure.
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or do
>yours? On the two that I bought, both without functiong lights
(read
>functioning vacuum systems) neither would pop up unless the engine
was
>running. On the other hand, in the dark recesses of my mind I
think
>that I do remember reading somewhere that someone was getting up in
the
>morning and finding his lights up. So, that is the first thing to
note.
>Then you can look at page two of vol 23 num 2 where the article I
wrote
>is. That has a diagram of the vacuum system. Your problem is
probably
>with the switching leg, the darker one. If the lights pop right
up,
>then one of the hoses probably fell off completely -- that would
likely
>make the engine run a bit rough also. If they come up more lazily,
then
>there is just a leak.
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Any vacuum leak negatively affects performance.
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