Clearance Lights (next to Fog) on Euro Lights

[Lew]

None of the above.  And Yes I have USA version.

Mine: 1135841796.280 SL.USA-Ausgabe B.  Same as yours with the exception of the "B" instead of "A/1" (3rd example down from top).  An

[66andBlue]

Thanks Lew, that helps a lot!
Perhaps Jonny B has that version (113 584 1796) in his collection?

[Jonny B]

It just happens I do have 17 96, ending with B. The notation for the light switch is as the one mentioned with the yellow line, "Positions in counterclockwise direction have no function."

However, I cannot unequivocally say that this is an original manual. A long time before I purchase my 280 SL (from the second owner) someone had broken into the car, and took, of all things, the book packet.

[Mike Hughes]

Mike and Alfred:  I have removed my posts.  It turns out that I was the one who was confused!  ;^)

Alfred, the post you quoted was incomplete.  I got up in mid-sentence to go out to the garage to look see what the light switch instructions look like in my 230SL owners guide, got a phone call and drove off to meet a friend for dinner.  It appears that if you leave a reply in progress unattended too long it times out and self-posts!

[ejboyd5]

Confusion is understandable since DBAG has not been consistent in its use of descriptive terminology.  During the 1950s and early 1960s these were called "parking lights" in the 300 SL manuals. Come 1964 and 1965, in the 220 SE Coupe and 220 S manuals, they had become "clearance lights." By 1972, in the 280 SE 4.5 manual, they were "standing lights" and were called "standing lamps" in the 1985 380 SL manual, which is the newest M-B that I have. An interesting note regarding these lights in the 1964 220 SE Coupe manual states, "In Germany permitted only in residential districts."
As previously mentioned, the parking/clearance/standing light function was and is fully functional on my cars, including a 1969 Porsche, all of which were constructed for the USA, notwithstanding that I took factory delivery of the 220 SE Coupe in July, 1964.

[MikeSimon]

Please consider that MB is a German company. Original component and function description was in German and made sense for that country. Translation quality has always varied and probably improved over the decades. Do you remember the first Japanese model kits and their English assembly instructions?