I would agree. We have an 1980 LTD that my younger son was driving last summer. It had (for as long as we owned it which is only a few years)a problem with the lights. Mainly the green indicators in the dash would light up when one turned on the lights at night. Not a major issue but an annoyance. I always promised myself I would check it out but never did it. Then when Thomas was trying to use it last summer, it started having issues with the turn signal lights. I horsed around with it on a couple of occasions but didn't have much time as he would wait to tell me until just before he was leaving again (going back out to the lake almost 200 miles away). I changed bulbs a couple of times and made it work but was never happy. When I got a chance to look deeper, I suspected some of the sockets so I replaced them. Again it worked for a bit but then started to act up again. I decided the put new ground wires on each corner. I just spliced into the ground wire and ran a short lead to a new screw into the frame. Bingo - no more problems. All lights work properly. Turn signals work like they are supposed to and the green indicator lights in the dash no longer light up at night when the headlights are on. Easy fix, just took me a while to accept that was all it was. Always seems easier to make a job bigger than it has to be.
Randy B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Berryman Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:22 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Headlight Troubles On Mar 1, 2006, at 12:27 PM, Bill Gallagher wrote: > Donald Snook wrote: > >> For the last two weeks my right front headlight has had a >> poltergeist. >> Sometimes when I turn on the headlights, the little warning light >> comes >> on telling me that a light is out. When I look at the headlight >> it is >> noticeably dimmer than the other. HOWEVER, just as often, the >> headlights are fine and the little warning light does not come >> on. Do I >> have a bulb problem or short in the wiring? Also, when the >> headlight >> is dim and the warning light is on I can put the brights on and the >> warning light goes away (I don't think this indicates anything, I >> think >> this is what sis supposed to happen). Any thoughts? >> >> >> >> Donald H. Snook I would venture to say that you most likely have a bad ground on that circuit. Check the cluster of brown wires where they attach to the inner fender area. Johnny B. I Mac Therefore I am _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net 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://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
