OK my high beam came back with the #16 fuse replacement. Simple enough. Now, since my nice new Hella lenses are so shiny, what's the consensus to keep the rocks and sand from chipping them all up? And did anyone ever figure out how to polish the lenses? I would think some 200 grit sandpaper would be a good place to start on my old ones. I tried my rear window but didn't make much of an impression with the wiper scratch thing.
I'm thinking someone must sell a plastic laminate clear coat or something... On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 6:23 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I had to get new ceramic sockets for the 91 SEC, the old plastic sockets > had melted, one such that there was no power to the bulb at all. I recall I > had to take the dremel to one of them to get it to fit in the headlight > housing. They were pretty cheap on the site of aggressive wimmins. NAPA had > plastic on the rack but the ceramics are better > > --R > Sent from iPhone > > > On Dec 22, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The light harness on the pre facelift 124s fail regularly. So much so > that any 124 light I see in a pnp, I will pull the assembly or if it is > junk, pull the wiring harness if I have time. Often, the plug burns. I > tried a FLAPS replacement plug, but did not last. The wire is not big > enough for safe operation after the warranty runs out. It overheats and > melts things. > > > > I've not found a practical way to build a new harness with bigger wire. > > > > Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote on 12/22/18 9:20 PM: > >> The Latvians have the magnettis on their website, so we'll see what > >> happens. So far everything has shown up (sooner or later) from them. > >> > >> Ok now for the interesting part. I thought I had two h4 bulbs out. High > >> beam on one side, low beam on the other. But nope - only one bulb was > out. > >> Something else has failed on the right, but only on the high beam! > >> > >> I put 12v to both posts on the new bulb and both elements are fine, but > the > >> high beam on the right side will not come on. I find this odd, but I > havent > >> googled it yet. > >> > >> New lenses look the business! The housings are really tired though. They > >> have little manometers and various other doodads inside but the tabs are > >> failing. I see you can order reflectors separately, but if the tabs are > >> gone there is little point. > >> > >> Maybe I should put the new stalk in the car, but I dont see how that > could > >> give you one bright but not the other... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 6:09 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Facelift Euros are unobtanium, I believe. Even in the aftermarket. > >>> > >>> -D > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 8:50 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> the earlier hood and grille are easier to deal with because the hood > is > >>> more nearly flat. I think they look better than the "facelift" 124s. > >>>> Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote on 12/22/18 5:10 PM: > >>>>> I snagged a nice pair of facelift 124 headlights for something like > $25 > >>> each from lkq, couple years ago. I should look for a white face lift > hood, > >>> then mount that set up on The White Whale. > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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
