Re: [MBZ] OT: Ghia notes - now electrical
> Might sound like a [headlight] upgrade but these things are junk. The Mazcedes had 'upgraded' headlights. Pure crap. Going back to stock would have been the best thing you could do. Not my problem anymore, though. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Ghia notes - now electrical
Stock up on real headlamps while you still can. https://www.amazon.com/PHILIPS-H6024C1-Standard-Halogen-headlamp/dp/B00SQU3F8K On 2021-08-15 21:42, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Well one more bad fuse and now I have working parking lights on both sides of the car as well as headlights. Somewhere along the way "Neolite" H4 headlamps were installed in place of the original lights. Might sound like an upgrade but these things are junk. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Ghia notes - now electrical
Well one more bad fuse and now I have working parking lights on both sides of the car as well as headlights. Somewhere along the way "Neolite" H4 headlamps were installed in place of the original lights. Might sound like an upgrade but these things are junk. Lightweight plastic and just flimsy feeling. They also had either a DRL function or maybe foglight (using H3 bulbs) and "city lights" or possibly additional turn signal using a small incandescent bulb, all crammed in the 7" diameter lamp housing and wired up but not working. I'm not keeping those crap lights so I cut all the non-stock wiring out and that helped a lot with the rats nest of wire under the hood but there is still more cleanup to do to repair the miscellaneous electrical things that were added and removed over the years. I need to get some contact cleaner and clean all the fuse holders and all the push-tab connectors. Everything is fairly dirty. Allan On Sun, Aug 15, 2021, at 7:29 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > Seems it was the fuse. It has those ceramic fuses with the external metal > fuse. One of them was badly corroded at one end. > > Marshall was right about changing old fuses. > > Allan > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021, at 7:24 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > > You are correct. Probably a rusty harness connector somewhere. > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Ghia notes - now electrical
Seems it was the fuse. It has those ceramic fuses with the external metal fuse. One of them was badly corroded at one end. Marshall was right about changing old fuses. Allan On Sun, Aug 15, 2021, at 7:24 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > You are correct. Probably a rusty harness connector somewhere. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Ghia notes - now electrical
You are correct. Probably a rusty harness connector somewhere. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Ghia notes - now electrical
Trying to figure out why my left side headlights and parking lights don't work. With headlights on, I measure 12v at the bulb socket. Headlight verified working by connecting it to a battery charger. I made up some short leads with crimp-on tab connectors at one end to fit into the headlight socket. I measure 12v on these. Connecting them to the headlight, voltage drops to zero, no light. I tried measuring current flow, nothing. I tried grounding directly to the body instead of using the ground wire in the headlight socket. No difference. So I'm thinking there must be some huge resistance somewhere between the switch and the headlight on that side. The meter sees 12v but no current can flow under load. So I'm looking for a corroded connection or splice somewhere on the positive side? Sound right? Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
