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steering column switch
« on: March 14, 2011, 12:13:29 PM »
Hi
Does anyone have a steering column switch for sale for a 1982 126?  Just bought the car and the lights just go out when I'm driving along, especially when I turn the steering wheel.
Any help appreciated.

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Re: steering column switch
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 04:11:00 PM »
I can't help you with the column switch but I can tell you what may have happened to it and stop it happening in future. There is a possibility that someone had fitted more powerful headlamp bulbs and not fitted a relay to handle the extra power. Like a few others I found out the hard way that the extra power produces heat in the switch and melts the plastic internals  :oops: