[W126 Coupe] Headlight installation help

[Dick Spellman]

Jas,

As I recall you have an 83 380 that was originally a euro with some 
conversion done for U.S.  A couple of things to check.

Do you have the original dash set-up with elevation control?
Did the fogs work on the previous US set-up?
Are you pulling the dash switch out to the first click to light the fogs?
Can you place a dc volt meter on the two-prong receptacle where you have 
plugged in the fog lead on each side (l/r) for the new euro headlight 
assemblies to see if i they're getting 12vdc?
If this is where there is no voltage, then I'd be looking at the pin out 
voltages from the 6-pin connector and confirm correct placement of pins 
per Steve Nervig's wiring diagrams.

Glad to hear you have the euro set-up now.  Also, have you enabled and 
lamped the citi-lights?  Did you test that the vac system is fully 
hooked up and working?

By the way on the early model US SEC the fogs will not illuminate 
without headlights on and switch pulled to first click.  There is no 
easy way to enable this on the headlamp switch assembly, I have tried.  
As a work-around, you can enable the fogs using a separate switch (I 
used the rear cabin courtesy switch, and I added an indicator bulb to an 
open instrument cluster socket) to allow them to be lit with no 
headlamps or side markers in use.  I pretty much leave them on all the 
time whenever ignition is switched on.  This is more in keeping with the 
later year model SEC's.

Regards,
Dick

stefansj at canisius.edu wrote:

> Hey everyone, I installed my euro headlights today and it was surprisingly very 

> easy. My car is a euro model so everything was there I just had to take the 

> american lights out. When I did this I found that the 6 prong plug was there 

> along with the purple vacuum tubes. The headlights turned on no problem but 

> the lower fog lights did not work. I plugged them into the headlights correctly 

> and check the connection with no results. If anyone has any ideas I'd really 

> appreciate it! thanks, Jas