[W126 Coupe] headlight stalk

[Tad Heckaman]

When I got my car, pulling on the stalk did not do anything, although
pushing on it to 'lock' the highs on worked fine. The regular lights were
not working while the high beams did. However once I changed both sealed
beams, it started working perfectly. Not sure if it was a coincidence, or if
having the 2 front bulbs burnt out caused it stop working.

Just throwing my experiences our here,
Tad
PS my cruise control stalk doesn't work, maybe replacing some other part in
the car will get that stalk working... you never know! :)


On 12/27/06, Mike R. <mramay at att.biz> wrote:

>

>  There is a plug for the stalk on the bottom of the steering column. It's

> not that hard to remove the stalk.

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> There is a fuse for the "optical horn". Replace that fuse and while you're

> at it, replace all the others with new fuses. These fuses oxidize and it

> screws up the contact with the fuse holder. You get everything from good

> contact, kinda good (e.g., intermittent) contact, to no contact at all,

> all with a fuse that might appear in satisfactory condition. Get a full set

> of copper looking fuses and replace the fuses with the silver (likely gray)

> metal strips.

>

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>

> Later,

>

> Mike R.

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> *Subject:* Re: [W126 Coupe] headlight stalk

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> All the functions of the light-washer stalk work, except the flashing of the light when the stak is pulled,

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> which went intermittant intermittant before dying completely.

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> Looked at the switch and it appears to be hard wired. How is it changed, how difficult is it,

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> and is the problem due to dirty contacts inside the switch and, if so, can they just be cleaned.

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> I don't think it's separately fused, although when it works the highbeam indicator on the dash lighs.

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> RJS.

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Tad Heckaman
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