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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Electrical and Instruments => Topic started by: vande17941 on October 29, 2015, 21:37:12

Title: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: vande17941 on October 29, 2015, 21:37:12: On the 230sl, the clearance lights were inoperable when the car was delivered to the US. Has anyone figured how to connect the clearance lights...is it similar to the flash-to-pass fuse box attachment, is wiring disconnected at the headlight switch, or was the wiring and circuit completely omitted.
Thanks
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: 66andBlue on October 30, 2015, 03:29:35: Quote from: vande17941 on October 29, 2015, 21:37:12
On the 230sl, the clearance lights were inoperable when the car was delivered to the US. ....
That is news to me. ???
Take a look at the wiring diagram in the technical manual and then check the wires from "36" rotary light switch to "1f" and "2f" in the headlamps and "48d" and "49d" clearance light in the tail lamps for continuity in your car.
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: vande17941 on October 30, 2015, 04:19:41: There has to be an easier way. All the early cars came to the United States with the clearance lamps inoperable. Has anyone had any experience on here reconnecting them, and if so how did they do it?
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: 66andBlue on October 30, 2015, 05:01:02: Not sure where you got this information from but in my 1966 230SL the clearance light were always working [provide the bulbs weren't burned out, of course ;) ] . Haven't checked the 1964 yet but will do so soon.
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: jameshoward on October 30, 2015, 06:36:51: I have a pretty original 230 that was first sold in the US. Mine work.
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: vande17941 on October 30, 2015, 07:07:02: I have never seen a 230sl u.s. specification model that had clearance lights that were operable. See the excerpt attached from our website here. It does not offer any fix
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: vande17941 on October 30, 2015, 07:20:54: Here is a photo of the problem. Now I just need to know if anybody knows if the wires are there without being hooked up before I take the dash apart and look for them
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: Benz Dr. on October 30, 2015, 16:43:44: Wouldn't that be part of the signal wand? Push forward for windshield washers and pull back for high beam flash? I've run into this before and it was probably illegal to use in most States so they simply disconnected it in the wiring harness going to the combo switch. Use the flashers on most people in NA and you're likely to get a few interesting signals in return......... ;)
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: Tomnistuff on October 30, 2015, 18:40:25: I always thought the flashers meant, "Dim your damn lights; you're blinding me!" I've used them all my life on many cars.
By the way, mine work. But it's an Italian version.
Tom Kizer
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: 66andBlue on October 30, 2015, 19:53:42: Quote from: Benz Dr. on October 30, 2015, 16:43:44
Wouldn't that be part of the signal wand? ......
No Dan, it is not.
The clearance or parking lights (left and right) are switched on/off with the light switch in the dash.
Notice this is from the owner manual of 230SL cars delivered in the USA. So the switch should work as shown:
http://www.sl113.org/wiki/uploads/Electrical/230SL_headlight_switch_postions.jpg
Title: Re: US 230sl Clearance Lights
Post by: vande17941 on October 30, 2015, 20:54:10: I've already attached the flash to pass feature at the fuse box.

Has anybody here opened up the dash by the tachometer to see if the wires are there to hook up the clearance lights to the headlight switch or are they missing?