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Originally Posted by jay_bob
Do yourself a favor and order from Phil the proper ceramic and copper fuses for your car. Get enough to redo the whole box as preventative maintenance. It is the cheapest thing you can do to prevent a whole host of electrical problems. Also verify you have the proper color fuse in each pocket, per the card in the lid, sometimes prior owners over fuse the circuits.
Check the fuse holder tabs, if they are oxidized clean them but not with anything abrasive. Abrasives strip the plating and you will have a worse problem.
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Thanks for the info. I actually have official, real, Mercedes Benz fuses, from a dealer. They came in the official MB box. They just do not look like the quality that Mercedes installed in 1986. My original fuses actually have the MB Star on them. As with all manufacturers, I will bet that these are outsourced from some supplier and put in a fancy little MB box. My terminals are all nice and clean. I attributed this failure to plain old metal fatigue, combined with crappy NE Louisiana roads.