[W126 Coupe] Horns not working

[alal30319 at gmail.com]

There's a relay that controls the horn? Can anyone tell me what it looks
like or have a P#?


On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Henric aka 48hp <48hp at earthlink.net> wrote:


> 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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