Aiming The Headlamps; Vertical Aim Adjustment - Mercury Sable 2000 Owner's Manual

Maintenance and care

AIMING THE HEADLAMPS

The headlamps on your vehicle are properly aimed at the assembly plant.
If your vehicle has been in an accident the alignment of your headlamps
should be checked by a qualified service technician.

Vertical aim adjustment

1. Park the vehicle on a level surface approximately 7.6 meters (25 feet)
from a vertical wall or screen directly in front of it.
(A) Eight feet
(B) Center height of lamp to ground
(C) Twenty five feet
(D) Horizontal reference line
1. Measure the height of the headlamp bulb center from the ground and
mark a 2.5 meter (8 foot) horizontal reference line on the vertical wall or
screen at this height (a piece of masking tape works well).
2. Turn on the low beam headlamps to illuminate the wall or screen and
open the hood.
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