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Richard Eldridge · #7 01-04-2005, 10:46 PM

I've found the correct six hole plug needed to intall euro lights. They are also used as tail light plugs in several late 70s and early 80's MB models. So if you're cheap or don't want to wait for delivery check your local u-pull-it yard.
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Needing these plugs, I went to where I got the plug for the Depos I put on my 90 sedan: Mercantile Europarts.

Alex, the friendly guy who sold me the other plugs for about $8.00 for two plugs and the wire end fittings a month ago, looked up the parts numbers and told me that if I would pay him $14.50 on that Thursday, he would have them for me on Monday.

"But you have to carry these anyway for the Euro headlights you have on sale", I point out.

"I will have them on Monday of you pay me now." he repeats.

But I want to install them NOW. I go to a place at 57 NW 36th Street that sells both new and used parts. The German guy tells me that he is closed, that everyone is on vacation and that he has just come to feed the dogs, and that he won't have any plugs, that I will have to special order fit "from Chermany".

Then I recal what you said about the tail light plug and that MMT had mentioned a large number of Mercedes at the U-Pick just S of 84 Lumber on US 441 in Hollywood.

I go there. I pay the $1.00 admission. I immediately find a set of plugs, clip them off with my trusty diags, thereby acquiring ten wire ends as well. Some fellow has also put four blue wire taps on these as well.

I also find a nice set of H3 fog lamps and some 1157's and a set of horns. I pay $11.50 fior the lot and come home. The sockets that Mercantile Europarts COULD have sold me for $4.50 each are listed by the U-pick as lugnuts at 60 cents each.

I recycled a couple of wire ends for the city lamps by melting them loose and sticking a 12" wire take-off.

The Lucid Lamps are mostly plastic, while the original Bosches are partly metal and obviously made with more precision. I goof up and install the left lamp on the right side. It does not fit evenly, so I observe the "H-4" is upside down. Read the box, stupid!

So I put these on the correct side. Putting the wire end tubes into the plugs is hard to do, as they want to pop out before I can snap the top on. This is because I should have done the plugs FIRST and thereby had more freedom of movement. I follow the directions. Within 2 hours I have it al together, and everything works on the first try.

I put the clear corners (made by DEPO, I suspect in Taiwan) on, but use the old 2-element sockets, so the side marker lights will be on and the turn signals will work as well.

I bought a pair of LED 1157 lights for $14 plus tax at the AutoZone. They are clear when unlit, but flash amber.

Where the old lamps went flash---flash--flash, these go flashyflashyflashy. They look great at night, but are slightly less visible in the daytime on a bright traditionally sunny Florida day. But the flashyflashyflashy rapid flash is also more noticeable.

The headlights look GREAT! I am happy! Even though they are Asian Euros
the nifty clear glass lenses make my 1985, 193K 300TD look new--well at least 5 years newer. The alignment is spot-on (I didn't mess with it) and they throw more light than the old sealed beams. I did not put in Silverstars, just a pair of German made Flossen H-4s. The reflectors reflect, the lamps shine and I have nifty citylamps.

I will attempt a photo of both my cars sometime soon. nd once more, I offer my gratitude for the immense help this fine Forum has been to me.

Danke shoen, Tanke, Gracias, merci, Shi-shi, Grazie, Spasibo