[W126 Coupe] Headlight adjustment

[stefansj at canisius.edu]

I totally agree with you, the European lights are much better then the American 
but its what I have to work with for now. Thanks a lot for your help Markus!   Jas

---- Original message ----

>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:26:20 -0700

>From: Markus Meyer <mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com>  

>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Headlight adjustment  

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

>

>   Jas,

>    

>   That's unfortunate that the euro headlights were

>   taken out as part of the conversion (in my

>   opinion).  If they put the US ones in, to my

>   knowledge those do not have adjustments where the

>   vacuum line can plug in, so my guess is you can't do

>   it unless you put euro headlights back in.

>    

>   Markus

>

>   Markus Meyer

>   mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com

>   www.meyerprobateproperties.com

>   Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

>   484-919-9762

>

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

>     Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Headlight adjustment

>     From: stefansj at canisius.edu

>     Date: Thu, July 12, 2007 7:48 am

>     To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

>     <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>

>

> I don't have the european headlights. I assume they were changed a

> while ago

> but the adjustment is there. It is a Euro Spec 500SEC but alot of

> things were

> changed when it was broguht here in '83. Is there a way to make the

> adjustment

> avialable for my U.S. headlights?

>

> ---- Original message ----

> >Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:55:17 -0700

> >From: Markus Meyer <mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com> 

> >Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Headlight adjustment 

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

> >

> >   Hi Jas,

> >   

> >   Do you have euro headlights with the

> >   bezel/thumbwheel next to the headlight switch?  If

> >   so, they are most likely the vacuum

> >   adjusted/regulated headlights.  This means there

> >   should be a thin vacuum tube/line connected to each

> >   headlight, and I would check to see if that is the

> >   case first off.

> >

> >   Markus Meyer

> >   mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com

> >   www.meyerprobateproperties.com

> >   Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC

> >   484-919-9762

> >

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

> >     Subject: [W126 Coupe] Headlight adjustment

> >     From: stefansj at canisius.edu

> >     Date: Mon, July 09, 2007 11:49 am

> >     To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> >

> > Hello Everyone, I recently found that my headlight beam adjustment is

> > not

> > working. I checked to see what the problem could be and found that it

> > wasn't

> > connected. If anyone can tell me where I can find instructions as to

> > how to

> > connect this I would really appreciate it. thanks, Jas

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