Brian,
For some reason the 114/115 early tail lights either had metal contacts
available to the second 5w lamp or not. Gump came to me with no brass
tongue thing to put power to the second bulb, so no light.
When you turn on the lights you normally twist to the right. To
activate fog, pull
Jim Cathey wrote:
Ah! I continue to learn. The sharp top cut off is to prevent
reflection back at the driver.
It also prevents glaring into the eyes of oncoming drivers. Of which
most fog lights (mandatorily lit?) on newer cars are very guilty of.
I don't think they have upwards cutoffs.
Ah! I continue to learn. The sharp top cut off is to prevent
reflection back at the driver.
It also prevents glaring into the eyes of oncoming drivers. Of which
most fog lights (mandatorily lit?) on newer cars are very guilty of.
I don't think they have upwards cutoffs.
-- Jim
Also, what's up with that feature that allows you to just turn on one
directional lamp steady (not flashing) - one side at a time. ?
City parking in certain cow-path streets in some old European cities
mandates a parked car being lit, at least on the street side. Half
lights draw half power, al
in there, and where did you
get the alternative lamp assemblies? And what do you mean by turning in the
fogs fully?
Brian
83 240D
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Brian Chase wrote:
> Very cool. I've learned something today. "sharp top cutoff" m
Brian Chase wrote:
Very cool. I've learned something today. "sharp top cutoff" meaning
they don't shine up into drivers' eyes, I assume. Wish I had some.
The stock Mercedes fogs, while mounted too high to be truely good fog
lights, do have that sharp cutoff. It's interesting to look at the
p
changed out the rear lamps on Gump so that she would have rear fogs,
and maybe get rid of the water seeping in
On Sunday, January 8, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
Rear fog light? Two of our MB's have them now. (Frankenheap and the
for-sale SL.) My SL has it about half-installed, the
rumor has it that David wrote:
> I dunno, personally I think the dump trailers in Washington state that
> have 12 foot long tongues are pretty weird! I assume the weight limits
> there must be based on length?
Kinda. It's probably because of what called "bridge law" and because
it's practical
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> I've never actually found out: Do "fog lights" really cut through
> fog? Most of the time, they are just used to look cool.
Yes indeed they do. And yes indeed they a
I've never actually found out: Do "fog lights" really cut through
fog? Most of the time, they are just used to look cool.
Yes indeed they do. And yes indeed they are. When it's so
foggy that you find yourself rolling down your window to stick
your head out to get a bit better visibility, _that
fog lights" really cut through fog? Most
of the time, they are just used to look cool.
Brian
83 240D
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Yes! I feel ya. A very similar scenario happened to me in Tucson a few years
ago. Only with me, we were stopped at a light. I was directly to the bus's
right (you know, where the driver can look out that big glass door and see
you). The light turned, we started. I forget at the moment who crosse
Mike Canfield wrote:
My old Volvo 240 had rear fog lights. Mike
I've noticed my '83 Mercedes 300D has sockets for them.
Fmiser wrote:
I agree with you on the driver often getting the short stick, but...
Michigan has odd weight laws. There is _no_ GVW limit!!
Yeah, that was kind of the point of the study -- that Michigan allows
some of the heaviest trucks in the nation, and the trucking companies
still don
My old Volvo 240 had rear fog lights. Mike
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rumor has it that David wrote:
> One study in Michigan found that half the trucks
> on the road were over the legal weight limit.
I agree with you on the driver often getting the short stick, but...
Michigan has odd weight laws. There is _no_ GVW limit!!
Yup, it is a per-axle limit. That's why
just been me), and some have cheerfully gone on about which chassis
types are quicker. This is why it's so fun to look at this stuff when I
should be working.
Brian
83 240D
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Bill R said
"almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever
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> Bill R said
> "almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever
got"
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I find most truckers are courteous, professional drivers, and are
generally nice to me if I'm nice to them. (How many of you have ever
hung back to let a semi change lanes in heavy traffic? I frequently do,
and often get a "thank you" taillight flash.) They have a tough job and
most of them do
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rumor has it that Tom wrote:
Bill R said
"almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I
While I can't say they're necessarily doing anything wrong, it sucks
to get thrown into a white-out situation when there's fresh powder on
the road and a semi passes you. If two pass, you're in real trouble.
You pretty much are
One trip home from college (many years ago) we were considering tu
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Bill R said
"almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever
got"
Spout off time...
Bill R said
"almost blown off the road by an 18 wheeler. About as scared as I ever got"
Spout off time...The trucking industry is out of control. The worse the
weather the faster they go. Route 80 which is a big interstate (NY to San
Fran) is closed almost weekly in PA now due to accidents
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