I think I'm a little concered at the direction this is taking... Smoke is one thing, but it won't happen just from oil in and around the ignition switch. Something has to get hot enough to make it smoke, and that would be an electrical fault. The switch gets a little warm in use, but certainly shouldn't be causing smoke.

The oil at switch could, in this case, just be leftover from an old issue that a previous owner had. Only now, maybe the ignition switch is failing, getting too hot, and cooking that old oil a little. Yes?

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'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

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