Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: erickmarciano on May 31, 2004, 18:03:19
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In the owners manual on the headlight switch one turn to left and 2 turns to left the side lights should work . is there a diff with side lights and parking lights?what is the litle bulb next to the fog light on the euro lights?
in back of the headlight switch on the terminals that make contact when the headlight switch is turned to the left I have no power
is thsi normal
1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa
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Hi Erick. On my car, the rear lights do come on when I turn the switch to one of the left positions, in turn (i.e. one click to the left is the right light, two clicks the left one). I converted to euro lights a few years back, but still need to put in these small lights in the housing to see whether they work.
What these lights are actually for: in Europe, streets can be narrow. When parking on a narrow street, you want to make sure that traffic can see you car parked, particularly if it's the first car to be parked in a row. So this switch allowd you to turn on a parking light on one side only (the street, rather than the sidewalk, side) that's very low wattage so it won't drain the battery.
Nowadays, it's rare to see a Pagoda parked this way of course - they usually are parked in a garage at night. However, one summer evening in 1994 I saw one parked in Zurich (Switzerland), outside a cafe terras, top-down and it looked so good that I am sure this is a major reason why I own my Pagoda today.
Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic
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what light is the light that should come on the side lights or parking lights?what is the litle bulb next to the fog light on the euro lights?
in back of the headlight switch on the terminals that make contact when the headlight switch is turned to the left I have no power
is this normal
1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa
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1971 280sl
1962 VW
1954 Allstate vespa
1958 gs150 vespa
1962 gs160 vespa
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The parking lights are the ones in the headlight unit and tail-light, not the ones on the side of the fenders. I have a US spec car, without side lights. In Europe I believe accomodations were made for different countries, some had side lights, some had little round side lights etc. But the park lights were the ones at the front and end of the car.
Jonny B
1967 250SL Auto