[W126 Coupe] 1983 380SEC Headlight and Wiper Issues

[Jay Hirsch]

On older American cars this was a sign of the wiper motor going more  
often than a bad switch.

You could check for a loose wire on the wiper motor also.
keep cruisin
Jay H

On Apr 6, 2010, at 1:56 PM, kashella at comcast.net wrote:


> I lost all my headlights both High and Low Beam on both sides.   

> From my research, I understand it is most likely the headlight  

> relay.  Which relay is it?  Does someone have a relay diagram?  The  

> pictures I've seen of the part does not look like any relay in my  

> fuse box.  The pictures look like the part could fit across a whole  

> row of relays.  I have the fuel pump, overload and kick down relay  

> in the fuse box end toward the fire wall then two rows of small  

> silver relays all about 1" square on top.

>

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> Wiper issue:

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> Since September 2009 my wipers at times have come on by themselves  

> with the wiper switch on the steering column being in the off  

> position.  Sometimes they will run for a single cycle.  Other times  

> run for 20 minutes.  When they constantly operate, they seem to run  

> in an intermittent pattern.

>

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> There are months where this does not happen at all, then it will  

> begin to happen again.

>

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> I posed these questions about a week ago, but never got a respone  

> and never saw them show up on my digest.  Maybe I sent wrong.

>

>

> Thanks,

>

>

> Greg Kashella

>

> kashella at comcast.net

>

> gkashella at smokersmith.com

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