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Old 01-20-2004, 07:37 PM
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Right Head/Tail light not going off: Need help ASAP

Actually, it's the front right blinker and what appears to be the front right 'city' light and the right rear tail light (one bulb).

I had E-code lights installed a while back (by Donnie).
I tried flipping the light switch on the console but no luck. It acts normal except those lights stay on.

What fuse or relay can I pull to shut them off till I get it figured out?
I tried pulling the + cable off the battery but the stoopid thing is kinda stuck on there right now.

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Old 01-20-2004, 07:50 PM
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Hey Bill!

Yep, first thing I did was check the headlight position switch and flipped it around to make sure it wasn't sitting in some weird in-between position.

What's suspicious is that the front AND rear lights on the right side are on....SO, it has to be something that is common to both (like the switch).
Any other ideas?
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Old 01-20-2004, 08:09 PM
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And, if you have the city lights jumpered to the front side markers, the city light will illuminate when you have that side's parking light lit.

Turn your switch all the way left, then bring it back to the right 2 clicks. Everything should be off. I'm wondering if your headlight switch hasn't shifted a little bit clockwise?
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Old 01-20-2004, 08:21 PM
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OK.

Like I said, Donnie wired these things up (Donnie@mercedesshop). They seem to work like this:

ALL the way left: Both R+L city lights come on (low watt bulb + blinker) (rear city light bulb on)

One notch left of vertical: right city light on and right blinker on. (rear city light bulb on)

I just need to make sure I don't have battery drainage problems until Friday when I can get the car into the shop for diagnostics (unless I solve it).

I pulled the rear (city) bulb and I can pull the front city bulb BUT I'd rather not disable the right front blinker if possible.

With that said, does the front blinker present a serious enough drainage problem if on for the next couple days?
The wife is driving the car and only works about 1.5 miles from home so not much recharge time unfortunately.

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Old 01-20-2004, 08:37 PM
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I agree with 300SDLLLL and suspect the light switch also.
Surely you know how to operate your light switch.
So it is not that, we hope.

Disconnect the battery's NEGATIVE cable. It is ALWAYS good practice to disconnect the neg. cable first and re-connect it last. Sheetmetal is negative, so if neg. cable happens to touch, no problem. If pos. is removed first and touches sheetmetal... well... let's just say it's exciting !
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Old 01-20-2004, 10:17 PM
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Well...for now, the rear bulb is pullled and the front city light that was tapped into the blinker is disconnected....and the right blinker's connector is pulled.

I hope it's not the switch....sounds expensive.
I'll pull out the schematics tomorrow and see if maybe it gives me any ideas.
thnx guys!

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