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Exterior Lighting - Headlamp Adjustment Cougar 1999 (08/1998-01/2001)
General Procedures

Beam setting equipment

Adjustment

  1. Before starting the headlamp assembly adjustment:
    • Place the vehicle on a level surface.
    • Check the correct headlamp operation, and renew damaged components as necessary.
    • Check the tire inflation.
    • Check that no other load is in the vehicle other than a full tank of gas. If the tank is only half full, place a weight of 30 kg in the luggage compartment. In addition, have a person or a 75 kg weight in the driver's seat.
    • Check the headlamp levelling system by operating it several times, and then set it to position ”0".
    • Set the measuring screen of the beam setting equipment to the following headlamp adjustment value (X): X=10 cm/10 m=0 degrees, 34 minutes=1.0 %.

  1. NOTE:
    NOTE:Headlamp adjustment must always be carried out with the headlamp levelling system set to position ”0".
    Adjust the low beam.
    1. Vertical alignment screw
    1. Horizontal alignment screw

  1. Vertical adjustment.
    • Adjust the low beam so that the light/dark boundary touches the horizontal line.

  1. NOTE:
    NOTE:Some scattered light from the low beam may lie above the 15 degree line.
    NOTE:
    NOTE:After horizontal adjustment readjustment of the vertical axis might be necessary.
    Horizontal adjustment (LHD variant shown).
    • 15 degree line.
    • Adjust the low beam so that the rising line of the light/dark boundary line lies at the intersection of horizontal line and the 15 degree line.

Adjust the front fog lamps.

  1. Before starting the front fog lamp adjustment:
    • Make sure that the same requirements are met as for adjusting the headlamps.
    • Adjust the beam setting equipment to the fog lamp adjustment value (X): X = 22 cm/10 m = 1 degree, 16 minutes = 2.2%.

  1. Front fog lamp alignment nut

  1. Adjust the front fog lamps.
    • Adjust the front fog lamps so that the light/dark boundary touches the horizontal line.

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