Ignition switch with 8-pin plug
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Mercedes 200E (W124)
Ignition switch with 8-pin plug
I hope someone can tell me how to connect the 8 different wires to the plug on the back side of the ignition switch of my W124, 200E, 1990. I have looked for an answer on most forums, but all of them are about 7-pin plugs.
I have those ordinary 7 pins also, which I connected to wires with the colours as described in other forums and shown here.
P30 - green-white
15R - red-green
50 - two purple
30 - red
15X - red-yellow
30 - red
15 - red-black
The eigth mysterious pin: 15T I connected to the remaining wire. (I think it was blue-pink.) But it looks like I now have a short circuit somewhere.
Should I have connected the wires differently to this 8-pin plug?
The reason for why I ended up with this problem is that the ignition key was stucked and prevented the plug from beeing removed, so I had to pull up the wires separately.
I have those ordinary 7 pins also, which I connected to wires with the colours as described in other forums and shown here.
P30 - green-white
15R - red-green
50 - two purple
30 - red
15X - red-yellow
30 - red
15 - red-black
The eigth mysterious pin: 15T I connected to the remaining wire. (I think it was blue-pink.) But it looks like I now have a short circuit somewhere.
Should I have connected the wires differently to this 8-pin plug?
The reason for why I ended up with this problem is that the ignition key was stucked and prevented the plug from beeing removed, so I had to pull up the wires separately.
Last edited by RolSjo; Jul 24, 2020 at 08:46 AM.
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Mercedes 200E (W124)
Had I only known that there are no wiring diagrams, I would have used a mirror to check and write down the different positions of the wires.This is very annoying, and in worst case I might have to throw away a beautiful car.
