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(Message started by: Penguin on May 22^nd, 2006, 11:57am)

Title: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Penguin on May 22^nd, 2006, 11:57am

Hi all

Should a 1998 24v Ultima Estate have a headlight levelling dial?

Mine does appear to have one even though I thought the estates had self levelling rear suspension.

Cheers

Penguin

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Highlander on May 22^nd, 2006, 12:24pm

Some do some dont ;D

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by TaperOne on May 22^nd, 2006, 3:41pm

Yup,

As Highlander says, yes and no.

My estate has no self leveling suspension but has a headlight adjuster. This is on a 98 facelift.

Cheers

Pete H

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by scorpio_man on May 22^nd, 2006, 3:49pm

hi there

Quote:

My estate has no self leveling suspension but has a headlight adjuster. This is on a 98 facelift.

now this is getting really confussing! ???

we've just had a long discussion about the estate shockers. i say all estates should have self levelling suspension in one form or another. you think yours doesn't. sounds daft, have you tried it? couple of (larger) people in the estate bit, drive 1/2 mile and the back should be level again.

i wonder if we'll ever get to the bottom of this one! ;D

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by TaperOne on May 23^rd, 2006, 9:39am

Hi,

Dont need to load it up (although I did do this when I first got it). I just looked at the rear shocks. Take my word for it, they are not self levelling, just standard. The other curious thing is that I can't even find any sort of connection to allow self laveling shocks.
This I find strange.

But you have to consider that mine is a late facelift so was probably put together out of the remaining parts bin.

I can just picture it now. Ford production line, Friday afternoon.

"'ere Lenny, we aint got none of them self level shock things left!"

"What about some ordinary ones Mick?"

"Yeh, got loads of them"

"Sod it, put them in then. Just to keep it sweet I will put in some adjustable headlights". "Salesmen wont give a toss because they are not selling anyway". "Gets rid of that redundant stock as well and keeps the foreman happy". ;D

Heh Heh, the joys of British manufacturing.

Cheers

Pete H

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by jonnycab on May 23^rd, 2006, 10:20am

They were built in Germany ;D

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by TaperOne on May 23^rd, 2006, 10:45am

Well, I didn't know that.

Ok

' bevor Lenny, erhielten wir aint keinen von ihnen Selbstniveau-Schlagsachen link!" "was über einige gewöhnliche Mick?" "Yeh, Lasten von ihnen erhalten" "Grasscholle setzte es, sie innen dann. Es gerade halten Bonbon, den ich in einige justierbare Scheinwerfer "einsetze. "Verkäufer geben nicht werfen, weil sie nicht irgendwie verkaufen". "wird außerdem diesen überflüssigen Vorrat los und hält den Vorarbeiter glücklich

;D ;D ;D

Cheers

Pete H

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by jonnycab on May 23^rd, 2006, 11:10am

Whatever happened to German efficiency? ;D

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Baz on May 23^rd, 2006, 6:32pm

Pete,

send me your VIN number on a pm and I will check if it had self levelling originally

Baz

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Octavian_P on May 23^rd, 2006, 6:46pm

Well, well if estates had self leveling suspesion and didn't had a headlight levelling dial then why my saloon, with standard suspension has no dial ::)

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by sector-9 on May 23^rd, 2006, 10:52pm

My saloon has neither self-levelling suspension or headlight levelling - but mine is bottom of the range...

Darren

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Kjetil S on May 23^rd, 2006, 11:16pm

Same here

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by jonnycab on May 24^th, 2006, 12:10am

As far as I know, saloons never had self leveling suspension. It was only estates that had it.....Can't work out why?
Mine has headlight leveling though ;D. Usually only fitted to facelift models I think.
Not that I ever use it.

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Highlander on May 24^th, 2006, 7:40am

It was an option on saloons, never heard anyone that has it yet though

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Dave on May 24^th, 2006, 9:29am

on 05/23/06 at 22:52:37, sector-9 wrote:

My saloon has neither self-levelling suspension or headlight levelling - but mine is bottom of the range...

Darren

My 1996 24v Ultima has neither, either :)

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Octavian_P on May 24^th, 2006, 11:29am

Forgive my ignorance but aren't the headlights self sdjustable ? My scorp saloon it is hi-series, no dial, but i never needed to adjust the height of the lights, regardless of the load in the trunk :)

Title: Re: Headlight levelling dial
Post by Baz on May 24^th, 2006, 8:16pm

The headlamp levelling was an option that was fitted to the high series models as standard I believe but not the low series models. The exception may have been on some estates with the Nivomat self levelling rear suspension