I was looking for Hella in Germany. I wanted to ask them for a schematic of the Bulb Failure Sensor so I can modify it for LED tailights.
All I can access is the N.American Company and they can'r help with this. They suggested I try their Europe website and inquire there. Ummmm That site is in German, If some of you over seas can get to that site and get to one of their Customer Service e-mail addresses, can you send this to them?



I own a Volvo that has your Bulb Failure Sensor in it # 5KG 004919-04 Volvo # 1362367. These sensors are used in the Volvo 200,700 and 900 vehicles, that I know of.

I am getting false Bulb Out warnings because of a modification I made to my Brake lights. you see, your device monitors three Brakelights, The Drivers side, the passenger side and the Third brake light in the rear window of the American cars. The right and left Brakelights, I have changed to LED's. What this has done was to make the current sense balance between the two sides uneven since the one side of the Sensor includes the Third Brakelight. After opening this sensor, it looks like reference point SP1 controls the Brakelights. I need to balance the Windings so I can run the very low Current LEDs with the Third light incandescent and not get a Warring light on my dashboard. Is it possible to send me a Schematic of this sensor?
Maybe a Technician can look and make me a Bifilar Coil that will replace the one put into this Sensor for this Brakelight function?
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me

No problem Tony, after a search I found what I think might be a promising email address; Technischer.Kundendienst@hella.de

If you want me to I'll send your quoted text, but are you sure you don't want to establish contact yourself?

Regards,
Erling.
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Erling, If you could send it along that would be great. I tried opening the Website you gave and it came up Blank. I was looking at a very similar one, I think it had a longer extension, It was all in German. Although I'm half German, I have very very very little knowledge of the language.

If you wouldn't mind being the mediator for this... great.
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me

Done!
It will be interesting to see what comes out of this. It sounds like an interesting project - hopefully the staff at Hella will think so too.

Erling.
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We will see what happens. I know I can use a big Wattage resistor to simulate the current draw on the Passenger side (American) to satisfy the BFS but I am trying to be slick about it.
We'll see what they say.

Thanks
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me

Tony, did you ever get any response from Hella?

Came across this post trying to verify the part number 1362367 in the face of all the literature calling it a 1362370.

Anyway, you've seen this I'm sure, but it might help someone using the same search I just performed.


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Art Benstein near Baltimore

Dear Walter,

I hope you can help me here. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't driven more than a mile down the road when the engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband's help. When I got home I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor girl.

I am 32, my husband is 34, and the neighbor girl is 22. We have been married for ten years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted that they had been having an affair for the past six months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. He won't go to counseling and I'm afraid I can't get through to him anymore. Can you please help?

Sincerely,
Sheila

Dear Sheila:

A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the carburetor float chamber. I hope this helps.

Walter