[W126 Coupe] Horn selector switch

[Carl Hansen]

Hello Dick,
My dealer ordered the switch and I have it, The wires are in and the horns 
are working but through an ordinary off-the-shelf toggle switch, not 
becoming a Mercedes especially not an SEC.
My dealer is aware of the plug connector I need and he's been trying to 
order one without success, apparently this old type of connector is out 
dated and no longer available from Mercedes.
I went to an aftermarket shop whose owner's been working on and dismantling 
M-B's forever, he's the guy who told me that they only come on Euro SEC's, 
so now I'm totally lost.
He did give me the sockets and a plug and I thought it could be modified but 
that's not the case.
Also I'm not worried about originality as far as the horns and their 
location. Like I said they are already in and working.
The original twin horns are like you say fitted on the fan stay where they 
are supposed to be. I just added these long chrome plated trumpets like the 
ones on transport trucks only I didn't fit them on the roof but on a bracket 
I made up from aluminum to the inside right front fender using existing 
holes.
I could rig the proper sockets to fit the pins in the back of the switch but 
being the perfectionist that I am I want to see if I can't locate the proper 
plastic plug in which the sockets/sleeves fit. Bear in mind that they are 
all different for the different switches. It has to have the right hole 
pattern.
I enclose two pictures, one showing the wrong plug connector (two parts) and 
the reverse side of the switch.
Thank you for your efforts.
Carl




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Spellman" <spell.yy at verizon.net>
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Horn selector switch


> Carl:
>
> Several thoughts and in no particular order.  First, you might be able to 
> scare one up from a salvage yard.  Second,  ask Jonathan to do a search 
> for a 1986 300SE Euro using the European EPC to see if he can provide a 
> part #.  Then take the part # to your local MB dealer and he should be 
> able to order it for you.  Third, post a small (less than 50kb) image of 
> the back of the switch to this list or to me off-line.  I may have a back 
> plug connector and harness from one of the (2) parts cars that will work. 
> You would need to build the harness to the two horn selections.
>
> By the way, the true euro configuration placed the loud high tone horns on 
> the cross brace up front where the aux fan lies and the city low tone 
> horns were placed facing the pavement just under the driver's euro 
> headlamp assembly.  The switch is used with horn icon depressed for 
> street, and the blank icon for city if I remember correctly.  I'll have to 
> take a look later tonight.
>
> Regards
>
> Dick
>
> Carl Hansen wrote:
>
>> Help somebody, please.
>> I have installed a set of compressor horns on my SEC and I need the plug 
>> that attaches to the back of the selector switch on the dash. Apparently 
>> the Euro SEC's are the only Mercedes cars that are equipped with city and 
>> highway horns. For some reason mine did not have that feature so I 
>> installed the compressor horns. The local M-B dealer supplied me with the 
>> proper switch but couldn't get me the connector plug. Any ideas out there 
>> where I can scare one up?
>> Regards,
>> Carl, 560 SEC
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