A simple, good Catheyesque fix! Congrats on a new one!
At 09:51 AM 9/23/2008, you wrote: >Ethelred (the Unready: 1982 380 SL) has got innumerable issues to deal >with, but one that's the most in-your-face irritating is the seatbelt >warning light that cycles with nearly every bump. So I pulled the >warning module (next to the cruise control amplifier hanging from the >brake pedal support) and resoldered it. > >I also retightened the ground cluster over by the fuse box. That is >also part of the warning circuitry. > >OK, this is weird. I've wondered why opening the right-hand door >causes the warning buzzer to sound on this car, but not on our later >SL's nor on our now-sold 450 SL, and I can see from the car's >schematic that though they wired the two door switches separately to >the warning module they also tied the two switches together, negating >the diode that's in the warning module to isolate them! Later SL's >have them separated. I wonder... > >I pulled the two door switches, and the wiring found there matched the >schematic, as did the wiring to the courtesy lights themselves. (It's >always good to check.) It looked like one of the two brown/blue wires >that comes off each switch is just a tie between the two switches, one >that isn't necessary and that was eliminated for the 1983 model. >Gambling, I cut one loose from the driver's switch and beat the odds! >It was the inter-switch tie and after that the warning module only >buzzed when the driver's door was opened yet the courtesy lights >functioned as they should. I taped up the loose wire and put the car >back together. > >-- Jim > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
