I bought the MB European wiring harness for my wagon, was a bit pricey, and it requires extra lights on the trailer. I guess in Europe and probably lots of other parts of the world the brake light and turn signal light require different filaments. I simply added a second set of lights and ran more wires to light them, but this is impractical if I want to tow someone else's trailer or someone else tow's my boat. I need to make an adapter so that I can at least have brake lights if I tow a different trailer, or maybe get some magnetic base towing lights from HF.
-Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:35 AM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] cheap hauling Actually.... My 190D has a trailer hitch and I was thinking of using it to haul the snowmobile trailer. There are times when I want to ride after work and running to my wife's office to get the pickup is a pain in the butt. The snowmobile weighs ~600# so I'd figure around 900# total weight with the trailer, maybe round up to 1000#. The trailhead is about 3 miles away (too far to take the sled on the side of the road) so its not like its a long highway drive. The only thing standing in the way right now is that the car isn't wired for lights, does anybody know of a source for the wiring kit? Autozone was flummoxed. My Ranger came wired for them but on the Dakota I bought a little kit that plugged inline with the taillights. -Curt Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 23:04:58 -0500 From: E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] cheap hauling - was: H rated and governors Message-ID: <aanlktimvjfb_kt1j=vhkykvwarr3ws-5kbfvdi0m3...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I friend was looking at some. I've never really looking into it to be honest. Before the mini-van, when I needed to bring something larger home from HomeDept, I just rented one of their vans by the hour. I do know, one of the questions they always ask here, when applying for insurance, is whether you are going to us your vehicle to tow anything. Trailers also need to be plated here, but I'm sure that applies most places. I'm in the city, so having a trailer, would mean I'd have to store it somewhere. I think once I get the bulk of the things finished around the house, I'll probably go back to renting for the occasional time I'll need to bring something larger home. On a bit of a side note, while we all see Mercedes pulling trailers in Europe on a regular basis, I was told here, that any towing would void the warranty. My car is waaaay out of warranty, but it might effect your car as it's probably still covered. Not that I'm suggesting you have any plans to turn your Benz into a trailer tug. hee hee Ed 300E _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
