[W126 Coupe] Horns not working

[Henric aka 48hp]

As an electrical aside, I also suggest DeoxIT.  Use it on all of your  
electrical contacts, all of them, including the fuses. Great stuff!   
Change all your aluminum fuses to copper.

Cheers,
Henric


On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Markus Meyer wrote:


> You can't go by how a fuse looks.  Either test or replace.  Do all  

> if you replace them, cheap, easy, solves a lot of electrical gremlins.

>

> Thanks,

> Markus

>

> On Jan 27, 2011 3:18 PM, "kirk erichsen" <krerichsen at hotmail.com>  

> wrote:

> >

> > I don't think the bulb outage indicator is related, the indicator  

> is notorious for false positives. Did you check the fuse for the  

> horn? It's shared with instrument lights if I recall. When you push  

> the horn did you blow the fuse? The horn contact plate could be your  

> issue if so. The relay is in the engine compartment fuse box from  

> memory, you can pull it, clean the contacts and a dab of di-electric  

> grease, but that's rarely the source of the problem.

> > -K

> >

> > -------------------------

> > Kirk R. Erichsen

> > -------------------------

> >

> >

> >

> >> From: stevetsg at msn.com

> >> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:56:42 -0700

> >> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> >> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Horns not working

> >>

> >> My horns stopped working. At the same time, I have a warning  

> light on my dash that an electrical device (light bulb,etc) is  

> malfunctioning. I checked my fuse and it appears to be in good  

> shape. I suspect that there is a horn relay somewhere in the circuit  

> but I don't have a wiring diagram; can anyone tell me what and where  

> I should be looking for?

> >>

> >> Thanks,

> >> Ernie

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