[W126 Coupe] Headlights Beam Height Adjustment Switch - not working(560 Euro)

[Dawid Loubser]

My car has two fog lamps - this is fairly standard in South Africa (I  
guess our laws are different). Definitely not a later modification,  
or some
such event. Upon "second click" as you put it, the orange light in  
the middle of the pull switch comes on - which I guess is normal (to
indicate that the rear fog lights are indeed on).

I guess the only possibility is a wiring problem... Am I correct in  
assuming that the wiring are the ones visible if you pull off the  
rear side
panels (they just clip out) ? Does anybody here happen to maybe have  
a wiring diagram for these (there are screw-in connectors, which
looks like all the wiring going to the back of the car pass through)?

regards,
Dawid


On 26 Jun 2006, at 1:55 PM, Robert Karl Stonjek wrote:

> Dawid,
> on mine, there is only a rear fog lamp on the driver's side (this  
> is how it supposed to be according to the user's manual).  One  
> click out activates the front fog lamps, the second click activates  
> the rear fog lamp.
>
> Robert
>
> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > I was able to trace the vacuum lines from the distribution system
> > (it's purple, if anybody's interested),
> > and indeed found that one of the lines going to the right headlight
> > was disconnected. I reconnected it ("borrowing" some of the
> > rubber fitting over the hose by cutting a piece off one of the  
> others
> > that are longer than necessary) and now it works perfectly,
> > now I can see further at night again, yay!
> >
> > On a related note, I also noticed that my rear fog lights do not  
> work
> > (I've never tested them before). The bulbs are working (tested),
> > the front fog lights are working, and there are no blown fuses. When
> > I pull out the light switch (second notch, to turn them on) the
> > little orange circle in the middle does light up.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > regards,
> > Dawid
> >
> >
> > P.S. This mailing list *so* beats either taking the car to a dealer
> > every time something small is wrong, or blundering around in the  
> dark
> > not knowing what one is doing. Thank you so much!