Finally had the time to do the 240D. Had it out this weekend because it was beautiful out. They reopened state parks so we did a road trip to the beach, and exploring around. Did great for a 65mph cruise about half of the trip, 25-45 the rest. A 240d really shines in that 25-45mph range. Mine is super smooth and a joy to drive at those speeds.
But no speedometer lights!
For some reason I had a much harder time getting this one out and back in than the one in my 300CD. Probably due to door lengths and maybe the seat travel.
It’s just this one screw:
I have some nice thin lead tin solder. And flux. It’s really tough to get the brass clean and bright... I have 14ga automotive rated wire (flame resistant insulation and whatnot), so this time I bought a 100w soldering gun (have a 30-40w iron which is ok but figured the extra heat would speed things up). It worked well. Not saying my soldering skills are great, but I managed to meter out at 0 ohms between the terminals, the backlights in the cluster are nice and bright, and after leaving the lights on for a 5 minute trip, the metal on the potentiometer is cold. So I guess it’s fine...
