[W126 Coupe] headlight stalk

[Axel Wulff]

The blue wire in Mike's picture is the airbag, so careful around that 
connection. You don't want the airbag to blow up in your face.



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Axel J. Wulff
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>From: "Mike R." <mramay at att.biz>

>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>To: <dan at landiss.com>,"'Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists'" 

><mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] headlight stalk

>Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:13:03 -0800

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>RJS & Dan,

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>Yep - Mercedes calls the headlight flasher system an "optical horn", which

>is the name used on the fuse designation paper in the fuse panel. In my '87

>SEC, it's fuse #17.

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>Take off the lower cladding on the dashboard and there is a large plug that

>is the connector from the stalk to the car wiring. From memory (a chancy

>business, fur shur) I think it's the one in the picture. Someone smarter

>(with a better memory) can verify.

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>Later,

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>Mike R.

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>-----Original Message-----

>From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]

>On Behalf Of Dan Landiss

>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:34 PM

>To: dan at landiss.com; Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] headlight stalk

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>on 12/28/2006 8:28 PM Dan Landiss wrote:

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> > I've been meaning to ask -- what's all this stuff about an "optical

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> > horn"?

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>Aha! Think "flash-to-pass" headlight flashers

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